1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,980 >>> IT'S PARTICULARLY FITTING ON THIS DAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO 2 00:00:02,980 --> 00:00:06,060 BRING YOU THIS PROGRAM FROM OUR EXHIBIT ABOUT THE SPACE 3 00:00:06,060 --> 00:00:10,719 STATION, THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE SPACE SHUTTLE 4 00:00:10,719 --> 00:00:16,309 AND FUTURE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE AS OUR SPEAKER TODAY, VICTOR 5 00:00:16,309 --> 00:00:19,340 GLOVER, WHO IS A NASA ASTRONAUT. 6 00:00:19,340 --> 00:00:22,230 HE COMES TO US FROM THE BACKGROUND OF THE NAVY WHERE HE 7 00:00:22,230 --> 00:00:27,519 WAS A PILOT OF F/A-18'S, A NAVAL AVIATOR. 8 00:00:27,519 --> 00:00:30,650 THEY DON'T JUST HAVE PILOTS, THEY HAVE AVIATORS. 9 00:00:30,650 --> 00:00:35,790 AND WHO IS NOW A PART OF THE 2013 CLASS OF ASTRONAUTS, AN 10 00:00:35,790 --> 00:00:40,000 ELITE GROUP OF EIGHT WHO HAVE BEEN PICKED TO REALLY TRAIN 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,000 FOR THE NEXT STEPS IN HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, WHICH IS VERY 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,329 MUCH WHAT WE ARE ABOUT HERE AT THE MUSEUM AND SPECIFICALLY 13 00:00:46,329 --> 00:00:47,789 HERE IN THIS GALLERY. 14 00:00:47,789 --> 00:00:53,170 I'M DELIGHTED TO WELCOME TO THE STAGE VICTOR GLOVER. 15 00:00:53,170 --> 00:01:00,160 [APPLAUSE] >> VICTOR GLOVER: THANK YOU, MARGARET. 16 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,160 THANK YOU. 17 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:02,160 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 18 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:03,160 THANK YOU. 19 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:04,160 THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT ON A SATURDAY TO BE HERE WITH 20 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,190 US AND THANK YOU TO THE SMITHSONIAN FOR HOSTING THIS 21 00:01:07,190 --> 00:01:08,190 EVENT. 22 00:01:08,190 --> 00:01:10,190 THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE SPONSORS AND ESPECIALLY, THANK 23 00:01:10,190 --> 00:01:13,760 YOU TO THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND 24 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:15,360 WORKING HARD TO SEE THIS. 25 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,060 WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO -- THEY INVITED ME TO SPEAK AT 26 00:01:18,060 --> 00:01:19,800 THIS EVENT, HOWEVER. 27 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,120 I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE IN THE CATEGORY OF THE 28 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:26,270 SPACE AND AVIATION PIONEERS, BUT I'M STANDING UP HERE 29 00:01:26,270 --> 00:01:29,120 BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF THOSE AVIATION AND SPACE 30 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:30,120 PIONEERS. 31 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,680 RIGHT BEHIND ME IS A JACKET FROM SALLY WRITING GUIDE 32 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,079 BLUE, THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE AND THE FIRST 33 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:38,180 AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN SPACE AND IS BECAUSE OF FOLKS LIKE 34 00:01:38,180 --> 00:01:41,040 THAT -- AND WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS ACROSS THE PLANET -- 35 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,550 THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO. 36 00:01:43,550 --> 00:03:25,000 THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS MORNING. 37 00:03:25,000 --> 00:05:19,759 [MUSIC] >>> YOU ARE WATCHING NASA TV. 38 00:05:19,759 --> 00:05:23,360 >>> WELCOME. 39 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:32,250 THANK YOU FOR COMING. 40 00:05:32,250 --> 00:05:55,789 I'M GOING TO 41 00:05:55,789 --> 00:05:59,789 TALK TO LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRAINING, THE BACKGROUND, BEFORE GOT TO NASA AND WHAT WE 42 00:05:59,789 --> 00:06:01,020 HAVE DONE SINCE WE SHOWED UP. 43 00:06:01,020 --> 00:06:04,480 MY CLASS IN 2013. 44 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,810 ALL OF YOU ADULTS HERE, THANK YOU FOR COMING. 45 00:06:07,810 --> 00:06:09,681 BUT I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THESE KIDS THAT YOU 46 00:06:09,681 --> 00:06:11,789 BROUGHT AND SO I'M GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT FEW MINUTES 47 00:06:11,789 --> 00:06:13,560 TALKING TO THEM. 48 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,040 IF WE IGNORE TO GROWN-UPS, I APOLOGIZE BUT THIS IS FOR 49 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:17,110 THE KIDS. 50 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:21,130 SO I LIKE TO START WITH THIS QUESTION: I KNOW THEY 51 00:06:21,130 --> 00:06:23,710 TELL YOU IN SCHOOL TO HAVE YOUR MANNERS AND RAISE YOUR 52 00:06:23,710 --> 00:06:24,710 HAND. 53 00:06:24,710 --> 00:06:25,819 DON'T TALK OUT OF TURN. 54 00:06:25,819 --> 00:06:29,160 BUT I WANT YOU TO YELL OUT, OKAY. 55 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,100 IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO BECOME I WANT YOU TO YELL 56 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:32,300 IT OUT? 57 00:06:32,300 --> 00:06:33,389 ANYBODY? 58 00:06:33,389 --> 00:06:34,389 WHAT YOU WANT TO BE. 59 00:06:34,389 --> 00:06:35,389 >> AND ASTRONAUT. 60 00:06:35,389 --> 00:06:36,389 >> ASTRONAUT! 61 00:06:36,389 --> 00:06:37,389 I LOVE IT! 62 00:06:37,389 --> 00:06:38,389 I AM DOING GOOD RECRUITING. 63 00:06:38,389 --> 00:06:39,409 WHAT ELSE? 64 00:06:39,409 --> 00:06:40,430 >> ASTRONAUT. 65 00:06:40,430 --> 00:06:43,509 >> AND OTHER ASTRONAUT! 66 00:06:43,509 --> 00:06:46,520 I'M SEEING THE TREND. 67 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:47,520 WHAT YOU WANT TO BE? 68 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:48,520 >> ASTRONAUT! 69 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:49,520 >> ANOTHER ONE. 70 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,699 NASA IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS THE NEXT 71 00:06:51,699 --> 00:06:53,550 TIME WE HIRE ASTRONAUTS. 72 00:06:53,550 --> 00:06:56,550 THERE'S A LOT OF PARTS OF THE ROOM OR I'M NOT HEARING 73 00:06:56,550 --> 00:07:01,400 ANSWERS FROM AND I THINK THE MOST COMMON ANSWER TO THIS 74 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,170 QUESTION IS -- WHAT YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA SAY? 75 00:07:04,170 --> 00:07:05,170 >> I DON'T KNOW. 76 00:07:05,170 --> 00:07:09,039 >> SAY THAT AGAIN? 77 00:07:09,039 --> 00:07:10,039 >> I DON'T KNOW. 78 00:07:10,039 --> 00:07:11,039 >> I DON'T KNOW EITHER. 79 00:07:11,039 --> 00:07:13,770 [LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW. 80 00:07:13,770 --> 00:07:16,139 THAT'S THE MOST COMMON RESPONSE I HEAR. 81 00:07:16,139 --> 00:07:17,610 YOU KNOW WHAT? 82 00:07:17,610 --> 00:07:18,889 IT'S OKAY. 83 00:07:18,889 --> 00:07:22,430 I'M STANDING UP HERE WEARING MY PAJAMAS AND I GO HOME 84 00:07:22,430 --> 00:07:26,199 AND PLAY WITH REALLY EXPENSIVE TOYS AND VIDEOGAME TYPE 85 00:07:26,199 --> 00:07:27,199 THINGS. 86 00:07:27,199 --> 00:07:28,199 THESE ARE REALLY SOPHISTICATED SYMPTOMS – SYSTEMS, BUT 87 00:07:28,199 --> 00:07:30,819 IT'S KIND OF LIKE PLAYING WITH VIDEO GAMES. 88 00:07:30,819 --> 00:07:32,500 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO BE THERE. 89 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,620 I WANT TO TALK TO ABOUT THINGS YOU CAN PUT INTO 90 00:07:34,620 --> 00:07:37,350 PRACTICE NOW. 91 00:07:37,350 --> 00:07:39,020 I DO NOT KNOW HOW SMART I AM. 92 00:07:39,020 --> 00:07:40,270 PEOPLE SAY YOU MUST BE SMART. 93 00:07:40,270 --> 00:07:44,639 I DON'T KNOW HOW SMART I AM, BUT I CAN CONTROL THINGS 94 00:07:44,639 --> 00:07:46,479 AND THESE ARE THINGS YOU CAN CONTROL AND YOU CAN PUT 95 00:07:46,479 --> 00:07:47,789 THEM IN PRACTICE. 96 00:07:47,789 --> 00:07:50,550 AND YOU SHOULD PUT THEM IN PRACTICE ALL THE TIME AND IT 97 00:07:50,550 --> 00:07:55,780 IS TO BE A LIFELONG LEARNER AND TO BE A GOOD PERSON. 98 00:07:55,780 --> 00:07:57,380 WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. 99 00:07:57,380 --> 00:08:00,050 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU STORIES ABOUT MY EDUCATION AND MY 100 00:08:00,050 --> 00:08:03,009 CAREER AND WHAT GOT ME TO NASA AND WHAT THE TRAINING IS 101 00:08:03,009 --> 00:08:06,150 LIKE, BUT I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT I'M TELLING YOU 102 00:08:06,150 --> 00:08:08,720 THE STORIES BECAUSE I'M HOPING TO CONNECT WITH 103 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,810 SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE OR SEEN. 104 00:08:11,810 --> 00:08:13,360 WE'VE GOT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE. 105 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:14,360 UH-UH (AFFIRMATIVE).. 106 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:16,000 AND IF YOU PLAN ON GOING TO COLLEGE? 107 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000 UH-UH (AFFIRMATIVE).. 108 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,000 DID THAT. 109 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,430 IF YOU TIMES. 110 00:08:19,430 --> 00:08:20,759 AND I'VE HAD A CAREER THAT I LOVE. 111 00:08:20,759 --> 00:08:22,889 I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY WORKED A DAY IN MY LIFE. 112 00:08:22,889 --> 00:08:25,220 I LOVE WHAT I DO AND I WOULD PAY MONEY TO DO IT. 113 00:08:25,220 --> 00:08:28,110 SO MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT 114 00:08:28,110 --> 00:08:30,720 DOING THAT YOU CAN CONNECT WITHIN THE STORIES, BUT THE 115 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,600 PURPOSE OF THESE STORIES IS YOU. 116 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:34,600 OKAY? 117 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:35,600 I CAME HERE. 118 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:36,600 NASA SENT ME HERE. 119 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,190 THE SMITHSONIAN ASKED ME TO COME YOU TO SPEND TIME WITH 120 00:08:40,190 --> 00:08:41,190 YOU. 121 00:08:41,190 --> 00:08:42,610 YOUR PARENTS WOKE YOU UP AND THEY MADE YOU BRUSH YOUR 122 00:08:42,610 --> 00:08:44,640 TEETH AND GET DRESSED AND COMB YOUR HAIR, BUT THEY 123 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,260 BROUGHT YOU HERE FOR YOU. 124 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:49,560 SO REMEMBER, AND THEN TELL YOU THE STORIES. 125 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:51,510 I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN 126 00:08:51,510 --> 00:08:52,510 CONNECT TO. 127 00:08:52,510 --> 00:08:54,110 I HOPE SO. 128 00:08:54,110 --> 00:08:57,890 I'M ORIGINALLY FROM CALIFORNIA. 129 00:08:57,890 --> 00:09:01,680 THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES, COUSINS AND UNCLE 130 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:04,710 AND ANY IDEA WHICH ONE OF THOSE IS ME? 131 00:09:04,710 --> 00:09:05,710 [LAUGHTER]. 132 00:09:05,710 --> 00:09:09,760 IT'S EASY TO SEE BECAUSE I HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HERE. 133 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,920 [LAUGHTER] THERE IT IS. 134 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:13,920 THAT GUY. 135 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:14,920 ANOTHER PICTURE WITH THEIR. 136 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,850 I'M GOING TO PUT THE PICTURES UP WITH MY HAIR. 137 00:09:17,850 --> 00:09:20,500 SO I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY 138 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:23,080 SCHOOL. 139 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,950 I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE AND WE HAD A PROGRAM CALLED MESA, 140 00:09:26,950 --> 00:09:29,370 MATHEMATICS ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT. 141 00:09:29,370 --> 00:09:33,890 WHAT GOT ME INTO IT WAS BUILDING CARS. 142 00:09:33,890 --> 00:09:36,690 BUILDING THINGS OUT OF POPSICLE STICKS AND THEN THEY 143 00:09:36,690 --> 00:09:39,149 WOULD STACK BRICKS ON TOP OF IT UNTIL I BROKE. 144 00:09:39,149 --> 00:09:41,910 I WAS IN THERE TO DO STUFF WITH MY HANDS, MAKE A MESS 145 00:09:41,910 --> 00:09:43,510 AND BREAK STUFF. 146 00:09:43,510 --> 00:09:47,270 BUT THEY SNUCK IN SCIENCE AND MATH, MAKING AND GIVING 147 00:09:47,270 --> 00:09:50,230 SPEECHES, WRITING ESSAYS AND HAD TO LEARN ABOUT THAT, 148 00:09:50,230 --> 00:09:51,230 TOO. 149 00:09:51,230 --> 00:09:52,230 MY ADVISOR, MR. 150 00:09:52,230 --> 00:09:57,310 HARGROVE, HE WAS ONE OF OUR FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS. 151 00:09:57,310 --> 00:10:00,399 AND HE KNEW THAT I HAD A TENDENCY -- I WOULD DO WELL ON 152 00:10:00,399 --> 00:10:04,560 MY TEST, BUT I MIGHT TURN MY HOMEWORK, MAYBE NOT. 153 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:07,510 AND HE WAS GIVING ME A PEP TALK, ENCOURAGING ME TO DO 154 00:10:07,510 --> 00:10:11,970 THE WORK AND BE ALL THAT I CAN BE AND HE SAID YOU KNOW, 155 00:10:11,970 --> 00:10:18,160 IF YOU WORK HARD YOU WOULD BE A GREAT ENGINEER. 156 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:23,680 I HAVE TO ADMIT, THAT IN FIFTH GRADE, I DIDN'T KNOW 157 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:25,080 WHAT IT MEANT TO BE AN ENGINEER. 158 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,140 I THOUGHT IT MEANT DRIVING TRAINS. 159 00:10:27,140 --> 00:10:29,390 [LAUGHTER] THAT'S FUNNY NOW. 160 00:10:29,390 --> 00:10:31,800 BUT THAT'S TRUE. 161 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:33,779 AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. 162 00:10:33,779 --> 00:10:36,180 AND SO I DIDN'T HAVE A MENTOR THAT STUDIED ENGINEERING 163 00:10:36,180 --> 00:10:37,560 IN COLLEGE. 164 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:41,780 BUT HIS BELIEF IN ME MADE ME THINK THAT I COULD DO IT. 165 00:10:41,780 --> 00:10:44,440 AND TO THIS DAY, I'M STILL TRYING TO LIVE UP TO THAT 166 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:45,440 BELIEF THAT MR. 167 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:46,740 HARGROVE HOW TO ME. 168 00:10:46,740 --> 00:10:48,420 I KNOW I SAID IT WAS GOING TO TALK TO KIDS BUT YOU 169 00:10:48,420 --> 00:10:51,750 ADULTS IN THE ROOM, ANY EDUCATORS? 170 00:10:51,750 --> 00:10:53,130 PARENTS YOU SHOULD RAISE YOUR HAND. 171 00:10:53,130 --> 00:10:55,180 WE ARE EDUCATING. 172 00:10:55,180 --> 00:10:59,209 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SET THOSE BARS HIGH. 173 00:10:59,209 --> 00:11:01,470 AND BELIEVE IN THOSE KIDS, BUT DON'T FORGET TO 174 00:11:01,470 --> 00:11:04,000 COMMUNICATE YOUR BELIEFS IN THEM BECAUSE WHAT MR. 175 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,060 HARGROVE SAID TO ME IN FIFTH GRADE STILL DRIVES ME 176 00:11:06,060 --> 00:11:08,290 TODAY AND I WOULDN'T BE STANDING APPEAR IF IT WASN'T 177 00:11:08,290 --> 00:11:10,760 FOR THAT CONVERSATION. 178 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,800 SO A STORY FROM HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS -- EARLIER PEOPLE 179 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:17,302 ASKED WHAT KIND OF STUDENT I WAS. 180 00:11:17,302 --> 00:11:18,302 I THINK I WAS AVERAGE. 181 00:11:18,302 --> 00:11:21,810 I WAS GOOD IN MATH BUT I WASN'T GOOD IN THE STUDY 182 00:11:21,810 --> 00:11:23,620 HABITS AND SKILLS AND DOING ALL THE WORK. 183 00:11:23,620 --> 00:11:28,649 I WAS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE. 184 00:11:28,649 --> 00:11:30,420 I WAS REALLY GOOD IN ATHLETICS. 185 00:11:30,420 --> 00:11:32,230 I LOVE TO WRESTLE, PLAY FOOTBALL. 186 00:11:32,230 --> 00:11:34,290 AND SO YOU SQUISH ALL THAT TOGETHER. 187 00:11:34,290 --> 00:11:38,260 I THINK I WAS AN AVERAGE STUDENT. 188 00:11:38,260 --> 00:11:45,950 BUT ONE OF MY BEST EXPERIENCES HAPPENED IN A CALCULUS 189 00:11:45,950 --> 00:11:46,950 CLASS. 190 00:11:46,950 --> 00:11:47,950 I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT. 191 00:11:47,950 --> 00:11:50,860 I WANT TO SHOW YOU PICTURES. 192 00:11:50,860 --> 00:11:53,100 THE PICTURES UP THERE ARE SOME OF MY GOOD FRIENDS FROM 193 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:54,950 HIGH SCHOOL. 194 00:11:54,950 --> 00:11:56,000 I WAS A NORMAL KID. 195 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,589 I PUT THE FIRST PICTURE ABOVE ME IN MY CAP AND GOWN 196 00:11:58,589 --> 00:12:00,139 BECAUSE I GRADUATED. 197 00:12:00,139 --> 00:12:02,340 THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. 198 00:12:02,340 --> 00:12:06,190 YOUR PARENTS ARE SENDING YOU THERE FOR A REASON. 199 00:12:06,190 --> 00:12:09,579 AND SO, I GRADUATED, BUT I WAS A NORMAL KID. 200 00:12:09,579 --> 00:12:14,470 I HAD FUN AND WENT TO THE MOVIES AND I HAD EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND HOBBIES BUT 201 00:12:14,470 --> 00:12:16,589 AT THE END OF THE DAY GOT THE DIPLOMA. 202 00:12:16,589 --> 00:12:18,370 THAT'S WHAT YOUR PARENTS ARE SENDING YOU THEREFORE. 203 00:12:18,370 --> 00:12:20,600 AND TO GROW. 204 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,740 BACK TO THIS PRECALCULUS CLASS. 205 00:12:23,740 --> 00:12:24,740 MR. 206 00:12:24,740 --> 00:12:26,290 ROBINSON. 207 00:12:26,290 --> 00:12:29,010 MY PRECALCULUS TEACHER WAS ALSO LIKE MR. 208 00:12:29,010 --> 00:12:31,340 HARGROVE, TRYING TO ENCOURAGE ME TO GET THE BEST OUT 209 00:12:31,340 --> 00:12:32,340 OF ME. 210 00:12:32,340 --> 00:12:34,080 HE DID SOMETHING TO CHANGE MY LIFE. 211 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,589 WE WERE WORKING ON ADDING NUMBERS IN A SERIES, ADDED 212 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:39,320 THE NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 4. 213 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,540 I WAS DOING MY HOMEWORK. 214 00:12:43,540 --> 00:12:45,760 AND I NOTICED THAT IF I WRITE THE NUMBERS SOUND LIKE 215 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,330 YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE, THEY MADE A SHAPE. 216 00:12:48,330 --> 00:12:50,430 WHAT SHAPE IS THAT? 217 00:12:50,430 --> 00:12:51,860 >> IT'S A TRIANGLE. 218 00:12:51,860 --> 00:12:53,200 THAT'S RIGHT. 219 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:57,550 AND TO FIND THE AREA OF A TRIANGLE YOU TURN IT INTO A 220 00:12:57,550 --> 00:12:58,550 RECTANGLE. 221 00:12:58,550 --> 00:13:01,730 SO IF I'M ADDING 1 TO 4 NOW I HAVE FOUR BY FIVE AND A 222 00:13:01,730 --> 00:13:02,730 RECTANGLE. 223 00:13:02,730 --> 00:13:06,190 I MULTIPLY THAT BY 20 AND DIVIDED BY TWO AND IT'S 10. 224 00:13:06,190 --> 00:13:10,620 I NOTICED THAT MATTER – PATTERN. 225 00:13:10,620 --> 00:13:12,820 THAT THIS PATTERN WOULD WORK AND I COULD FIGURE OUT HOW 226 00:13:12,820 --> 00:13:16,000 TO ADD THOSE NUMBERS UP WITH THAT FORMULA. 227 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,180 SO ADDING THE NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 10 YOU TAKE 10 TIMES 228 00:13:19,180 --> 00:13:20,180 11÷255. 229 00:13:20,180 --> 00:13:24,139 ALL THE WAY TO 10. 230 00:13:24,139 --> 00:13:26,120 AND I WAS LIKE WOW. 231 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,380 I WAS IN HIS CLASSROOM SQUALLING NUMBERS AND PICTURES 232 00:13:28,380 --> 00:13:30,139 ON THE BOARD AND MR. 233 00:13:30,139 --> 00:13:32,850 ROBINSON WALKED IN AND SEES THIS ON HIS BOARD. 234 00:13:32,850 --> 00:13:33,850 I SAID MR. 235 00:13:33,850 --> 00:13:35,500 ROBINSON, I DISCOVERED A FORMULA. 236 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:38,390 I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA CALL IT. 237 00:13:38,390 --> 00:13:41,340 THE VICTORIAN THEOREM. 238 00:13:41,340 --> 00:13:44,020 AND HE TAKES THE CALCULUS BOOK AND HE FLIPS A FEW PAGES 239 00:13:44,020 --> 00:13:47,670 AND SHOWS ME THAT FORMULA. 240 00:13:47,670 --> 00:13:49,079 I WAS LIKE OH. 241 00:13:49,079 --> 00:13:54,279 [LAUGHTER] AND I THINK HE SAW LITTLE DISAPPOINTMENT LIKE AT 16 I WAS ACTUALLY LIKE THINKING I 242 00:13:54,279 --> 00:13:56,520 HAD DISCOVERED SOMETHING NOBODY ELSE HAD CHANGED. 243 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,800 HE DID SOMETHING THAT CHANGED MY LIFE THE. 244 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,149 HE SAID WHY DON'T YOU TEACH THAT TO YOUR CLASSMATES? 245 00:14:02,149 --> 00:14:04,430 YOU EXPLAIN IT. 246 00:14:04,430 --> 00:14:07,380 THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MOMENTS THAT I THOUGHT I KNOW 247 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:11,920 PEOPLE SAID I NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND STUDY ENGINEERING, BUT MAYBE I CAN DO IT. 248 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:13,410 ABI CAN DO THE WORK. 249 00:14:13,410 --> 00:14:15,230 I CAN TELL YOU STORIES LIKE THAT FOR AN HOUR. 250 00:14:15,230 --> 00:14:16,450 BUT I WILL KEEP YOU. 251 00:14:16,450 --> 00:14:18,630 I KNOW THE SEATS ARE A LITTLE HARD. 252 00:14:18,630 --> 00:14:24,540 SO I GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND I GO TO -- I STUDIED 253 00:14:24,540 --> 00:14:25,540 ENGINEERING. 254 00:14:25,540 --> 00:14:26,680 I WAS ON THE WRESTLING TEAM. 255 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:27,680 I WAS ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM. 256 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:31,740 I HAD A GREAT TIME THERE AND I MET THIS GIRL. 257 00:14:31,740 --> 00:14:34,180 THAT'S A PICTURE OF SHE ANTI-TUTORING. 258 00:14:34,180 --> 00:14:36,899 WE USED TO GO TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS 259 00:14:36,899 --> 00:14:40,720 TO TALK TO YOUNG KIDS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE, 260 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,050 TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH. 261 00:14:43,050 --> 00:14:45,560 YOU REMEMBER THAT PROGRAM? 262 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:46,899 MESA. 263 00:14:46,899 --> 00:14:50,510 I WAS A MESA COUNSELOR WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE. 264 00:14:50,510 --> 00:14:53,050 AND I USED TO TALK TO THOSE KIDS ABOUT MAKING BRIDGES 265 00:14:53,050 --> 00:14:56,510 THIS IS ABOUT MAKING MOUSETRAP CARS. 266 00:14:56,510 --> 00:14:58,620 IT'S GOT AN ANTENNA ON IT. 267 00:14:58,620 --> 00:15:01,040 WE CAN BUILD MOUSETRAP LATER OUT SIDE. 268 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:02,709 THEY'VE GOT SUPPLIES. 269 00:15:02,709 --> 00:15:06,889 SHE AND I TRAVELED ALL OVER CALIFORNIA AND WE TRAVELED 270 00:15:06,889 --> 00:15:09,589 SO MUCH AND WE STARTED DATING AND NOW WE ARE MARRIED 271 00:15:09,589 --> 00:15:12,410 AND HAVE FOUR KIDS, FOUR DAUGHTERS THAT WE ARE BLESSED 272 00:15:12,410 --> 00:15:13,410 WITH. 273 00:15:13,410 --> 00:15:14,410 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THOSE DAYS. 274 00:15:14,410 --> 00:15:16,070 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME. 275 00:15:16,070 --> 00:15:19,089 I LOVE DOING THIS FROM AS EARLY AS I CAN REMEMBER. 276 00:15:19,089 --> 00:15:23,490 THE OTHER PICTURE IS GRADUATING. 277 00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:25,519 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I GOT OUT OF COLLEGE WITH MY 278 00:15:25,519 --> 00:15:27,459 WIFE, BUT I GOT MY DEGREE. 279 00:15:27,459 --> 00:15:30,339 I WENT TO COLLEGE AND I FINISHED WHAT I STARTED. 280 00:15:30,339 --> 00:15:32,459 IT'S IMPORTANT TO FINISH WHAT YOU START. 281 00:15:32,459 --> 00:15:35,670 AND SO, I LEFT CAL POLY. 282 00:15:35,670 --> 00:15:37,350 I WAS IN THE NAVY. 283 00:15:37,350 --> 00:15:40,410 JOIN THE NAVY. 284 00:15:40,410 --> 00:15:42,630 I GOT COMMISSIONED IN 1999. 285 00:15:42,630 --> 00:15:46,140 GOT MY WINGS AND 2001 AND PICTURE, WITH ALL THOSE GUYS 286 00:15:46,140 --> 00:15:49,600 IN THE GREEN, WAS THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK THE F-18 TO 287 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,110 THE BOAT TO LEARN TO LANDED ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. 288 00:15:53,110 --> 00:15:55,510 THAT'S MY FIRST TIME BEING ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. 289 00:15:55,510 --> 00:15:57,389 WHAT A GOOD MEMORY. 290 00:15:57,389 --> 00:15:59,630 AND THEN I SHOWED UP INTO A SQUADRON AND GOT TO FLY 291 00:15:59,630 --> 00:16:04,880 THIS MACHINE FOR THREE YEARS LIVING IN VIRGINIA BEACH. 292 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,389 THIS IS A PICTURE FROM OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. 293 00:16:07,389 --> 00:16:12,720 THIS IS OVER A REGION WHERE WE WOULD AIR REFUELING AND 294 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,320 THE GUY HAD A CAMERA AND HE SAID POP A FLARE AND I'LL 295 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:16,320 TAKE A PICTURE. 296 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:21,390 THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE. 2004, AND THEN I LEFT THERE AND I GOT TO GO 297 00:16:21,390 --> 00:16:22,390 TO TEST 298 00:16:22,390 --> 00:16:23,390 PILOT SCHOOL. 299 00:16:23,390 --> 00:16:27,410 I SPENT THE YEAR LEARNING AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND WEAPON 300 00:16:27,410 --> 00:16:28,410 SYSTEMS. 301 00:16:28,410 --> 00:16:31,579 I GOT TO BE A TEST PILOT AND THEN I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL 302 00:16:31,579 --> 00:16:33,139 AGAIN. 303 00:16:33,139 --> 00:16:35,250 THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL. 304 00:16:35,250 --> 00:16:39,820 AND I TOOK A MASTERS DEGREE PART-TIME AND THEN I WENT 305 00:16:39,820 --> 00:16:41,470 TO SCHOOL FULL-TIME. 306 00:16:41,470 --> 00:16:44,800 THE NAVY SENT ME TO STUDY POLITICS AND INFORMATION AND 307 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:48,360 MILITARY USE AND I WENT -- WE CALL IT WAR COLLEGE. 308 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,050 SO I WENT TO SCHOOL AGAIN AND THEN WHEN I FINISH THAT, 309 00:16:52,050 --> 00:16:54,470 PACKED UP THE FAMILY AND WE MOVED TO JAPAN. 310 00:16:54,470 --> 00:16:55,540 I WENT TO ANOTHER SQUADRON. 311 00:16:55,540 --> 00:17:01,490 I FLEW ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON FOR TWO YEARS, DEPLOYING WITH SOME FOLKS THAT ARE HERE IN 312 00:17:01,490 --> 00:17:05,419 THE AUDIENCE AND TWO GREAT YEARS OF OUR LIVES. 313 00:17:05,419 --> 00:17:07,490 THIS IS A SPECIAL PICTURE. 314 00:17:07,490 --> 00:17:10,579 ONE OF THE GUYS THAT WORKED ON AIRPLANES TOOK THIS 315 00:17:10,579 --> 00:17:12,780 PICTURE OF ME LANDING ON THE BOAT AND SO I'LL JUST 316 00:17:12,780 --> 00:17:15,650 DESCRIBE TWO THERE ARE FOUR WIRES ON THE CARRIER. 317 00:17:15,650 --> 00:17:19,429 WE GENERALLY AIM FOR NUMBERS THREE AND I WILL TELL YOU, 318 00:17:19,429 --> 00:17:21,750 IN THIS PICTURE, I LANDED ON NUMBER THREE. 319 00:17:21,750 --> 00:17:23,770 THIS IS A GOOD LANDING. 320 00:17:23,770 --> 00:17:26,199 YOU SEE THERE'S NO WIRE THERE UNDERNEATH THE TAIL OF MY 321 00:17:26,199 --> 00:17:28,169 AIRPLANE WHERE THE HOOK WOULD BE BECAUSE WE LAND ON IT 322 00:17:28,169 --> 00:17:31,559 SO MUCH THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THEM AND SO THEY HAD TAKEN 323 00:17:31,559 --> 00:17:32,559 OFF. 324 00:17:32,559 --> 00:17:33,559 THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD LANDING. 325 00:17:33,559 --> 00:17:36,630 SO THIS IS A SPECIAL PICTURE NOT BECAUSE OF THE 326 00:17:36,630 --> 00:17:39,390 AIRPLANE TOUCHDOWN EVEN THOUGH THAT IS IMPORTING. 327 00:17:39,390 --> 00:17:41,360 IT'S A GOOD PICTURE BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF MY LAST 328 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:44,970 CARRIER ARRESTED LANDINGS AND I LEFT AIR TO COME HERE 329 00:17:44,970 --> 00:17:48,210 TO DC AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS GOING TO GET THIS 330 00:17:48,210 --> 00:17:49,210 JOB. 331 00:17:49,210 --> 00:17:50,760 THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LAST TIMES I WILL EVER GET 332 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:51,760 TO DO THAT. 333 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:53,710 SO VERY SPECIAL PICTURE FOR ME. 334 00:17:53,710 --> 00:17:55,370 SO I MOVED TO WASHINGTON DC. 335 00:17:55,370 --> 00:17:58,230 I DECIDED INSTEAD OF WORKING IN THE PENTAGON, I WAS 336 00:17:58,230 --> 00:18:00,660 GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND I GOT TO WORK IN 337 00:18:00,660 --> 00:18:01,690 THE CAPITAL. 338 00:18:01,690 --> 00:18:02,920 THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DAYS. 339 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,620 I WAS SITTING AT MY DESK AND EVERY TIME. 340 00:18:05,620 --> 00:18:08,650 I CALLED UP CONGRESSMAN LEWIS'S OFFICE, A CIVIL RIGHTS 341 00:18:08,650 --> 00:18:09,650 ICON. 342 00:18:09,650 --> 00:18:12,250 THE ONLY LIVING SPEAKER FROM THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON 343 00:18:12,250 --> 00:18:14,270 FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM. 344 00:18:14,270 --> 00:18:15,270 THAT'S WHERE DR. 345 00:18:15,270 --> 00:18:16,270 MUGLER – DR. 346 00:18:16,270 --> 00:18:19,039 MARTIN LUTHER KING HAD THE, I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH THAT CHANGE THIS 347 00:18:19,039 --> 00:18:22,250 COUNTRY. 348 00:18:22,250 --> 00:18:28,940 HE WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT AND LEADER OF A MOVEMENT CALLED THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COMMITTEE AND 349 00:18:28,940 --> 00:18:30,510 HE GOT TO SPEAK THAT DAY. 350 00:18:30,510 --> 00:18:32,840 SO I GOT TO GO AND MEET HIM AND PICK HIS BRAIN AND 351 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:33,840 ASKING QUESTIONS. 352 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:35,200 HE TOOK ME ON HIS PATIO AND WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION. 353 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,600 THEN HE DID THE SAME THING FOR MY DAUGHTERS WHAT A 354 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,850 GREAT EXPERIENCE AND GREAT MAN. 355 00:18:39,850 --> 00:18:40,850 A PIONEER. 356 00:18:40,850 --> 00:18:41,850 NO LESS. 357 00:18:41,850 --> 00:18:42,850 A PIONEER. 358 00:18:42,850 --> 00:18:47,231 I WORK FOR THIS GENTLEMAN AND I SPENT -- IT WAS A 359 00:18:47,231 --> 00:18:48,919 YEAR-LONG PROGRAM. 360 00:18:48,919 --> 00:18:51,200 CAN YOU ADVANCE THAT FOR? 361 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,120 I'M HAVING TROUBLE. 362 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:54,809 I WORKED FOR THIS GENTLEMAN. 363 00:18:54,809 --> 00:18:57,320 SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN, A MILITARY VETERAN. 364 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:01,200 HE WAS APPEALED W AND NOW A SENATOR -- HE WAS A POW AND 365 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,720 NOW A SENATOR. 366 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:04,820 THIS WAS A GREAT DAY. 367 00:19:04,820 --> 00:19:07,850 WE FOUND OUT WE GOT SELECTED, A FEW CLASSMATES, WE GOT 368 00:19:07,850 --> 00:19:11,530 TO GO HUNTING TOOK A PICTURE WITH US AND GOT TO TALK TO 369 00:19:11,530 --> 00:19:13,820 HIM ABOUT NASA IN THE FUTURE. 370 00:19:13,820 --> 00:19:15,830 BUT HE BROUGHT MY WHOLE CLASS TOGETHER AND TALKED ABOUT 371 00:19:15,830 --> 00:19:16,830 LEADERSHIP. 372 00:19:16,830 --> 00:19:19,299 I GOT TO ASK HIM TOUGH QUESTIONS AND HE GOT TO TALK TO 373 00:19:19,299 --> 00:19:23,740 MY ENTIRE CLASS, 17 OF US, ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND ABOUT 374 00:19:23,740 --> 00:19:25,980 TELLING THE TRUTH EVEN WHEN IT'S TOUGH. 375 00:19:25,980 --> 00:19:28,490 THAT WAS A REALLY INSPIRATIONAL DAY. 376 00:19:28,490 --> 00:19:32,299 AND SO, I WAS DOING THAT WHEN I GOT SELECTED -- I DO 377 00:19:32,299 --> 00:19:34,991 NOT KNOW IF MY BATTERIES ARE RUNNING OUT OR WHAT, BUT 378 00:19:34,991 --> 00:19:40,950 . NEXT SLIDE. 379 00:19:40,950 --> 00:19:44,610 >> I WAS THERE IN DC WHEN I GOT THIS JOB. 380 00:19:44,610 --> 00:19:48,630 AND I THREW THESE PICTURES TOGETHER BECAUSE I COULD 381 00:19:48,630 --> 00:19:51,380 JUST SIT ON THIS SLIDE FOR THE WHOLE HOUR BECAUSE THOSE 382 00:19:51,380 --> 00:19:53,910 FOLKS ARE ALL -- I COULD PUT MORE PICTURES UP. 383 00:19:53,910 --> 00:19:55,429 THERE'S AN AIRMAN IN THERE. 384 00:19:55,429 --> 00:19:58,370 THERE'S ONE OF MY ADVISORS FROM CAL POLY, MY ACADEMIC 385 00:19:58,370 --> 00:20:01,659 ADVISOR AND OF COURSE MY FAMILY IN THE MIDDLE. 386 00:20:01,659 --> 00:20:04,429 THAT PICTURE WITH MY WIFE AND DAUGHTERS AND THAT 387 00:20:04,429 --> 00:20:06,270 BEAUTIFUL F-18 IN THE BACKGROUND. 388 00:20:06,270 --> 00:20:09,090 THAT'S LIKE EVERYTHING IMPORTANT TO ME IN THE WORLD. 389 00:20:09,090 --> 00:20:12,020 [LAUGHTER] NOW BECAUSE OF THE AIRPLANE, BUT THAT F-18 390 00:20:12,020 --> 00:20:15,080 REPRESENTS A SQUADRON WHICH IS 250 PEOPLE TO COME 391 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,020 TOGETHER IN ANY CLIMATE, AND ANYPLACE TO DO THINGS THAT 392 00:20:18,020 --> 00:20:20,409 YOU WILL NEED THEM TO DO AND THAT IS AMAZING THING TO 393 00:20:20,409 --> 00:20:21,409 BE A PART OF. 394 00:20:21,409 --> 00:20:26,549 ALL OF YOU SERVICEMEMBERS THANK YOU FOR SERVICE AS 395 00:20:26,549 --> 00:20:29,150 WELL. 396 00:20:29,150 --> 00:20:34,260 [APPLAUSE] SO ALL OF THOSE FOLKS HELP ME TO MAKE THIS 397 00:20:34,260 --> 00:20:38,780 NEXT PICTURE, THE NEXT SLIDE, A REALITY. 398 00:20:38,780 --> 00:20:41,090 . NEXT SLIDE. 399 00:20:41,090 --> 00:20:45,520 >> I GOT TO GO FROM CONGRESS TO NASA AND BEGIN THIS 400 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,110 JOURNEY OF BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT. 401 00:20:47,110 --> 00:20:49,390 NEXT SLIDE. 402 00:20:49,390 --> 00:20:54,320 >> MY CLASS SHOWED UP IN AUGUST 2013 TO BEGIN ASTRONAUT 403 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:58,850 BOOT CAMP CANDIDATE TRAINING TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT AND 404 00:20:58,850 --> 00:21:00,700 ITS AMAZING TRAINING. 405 00:21:00,700 --> 00:21:04,750 WE SHOWED UP AND WE STARTED RIGHT AWAY INTO THE FIVE 406 00:21:04,750 --> 00:21:07,870 BASIC COMPETENCIES THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN ORDER TO BE 407 00:21:07,870 --> 00:21:10,130 AN ASTRONAUT. 408 00:21:10,130 --> 00:21:11,130 IS THAT WORKING? 409 00:21:11,130 --> 00:21:12,820 BECAUSE I'M GOING TO NEED IT. 410 00:21:12,820 --> 00:21:13,820 OKAY. 411 00:21:18,169 --> 00:21:15,220 NEXT SLIDE. 412 00:21:18,169 --> 00:21:20,159 THAT MEANS MY NAME IS VICTOR AND RUSSIAN. 413 00:21:20,159 --> 00:21:23,539 WE HAD TO LEARN TO SPEAK RUSSIAN. 414 00:21:23,539 --> 00:21:25,980 ANYBODY IMAGINE WHY WE HAVE TO SPEAK RUSSIAN IN THE 415 00:21:25,980 --> 00:21:30,720 ASTRONAUT CORPS? 416 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:36,140 >> WE DON'T HAVE ROCKETS TO GO -- >> WE DO. 417 00:21:36,140 --> 00:21:38,590 WE RIDE WITH THE RUSSIANS. 418 00:21:38,590 --> 00:21:41,320 AND THAT VEHICLE WAS MADE BY AN AEROSPACE COMPANY IN 419 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:42,320 RUSSIA. 420 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,409 SO THE BUTTONS, THEY ARE NOT IN ENGLISH. 421 00:21:44,409 --> 00:21:48,010 WE HAVE TO LEARN TO READ, SPEAK AND HEAR OVER THE RADIO 422 00:21:48,010 --> 00:21:49,280 AND RUSSIAN. 423 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,720 AND WE HAVE TO LEARN TECHNICAL THINGS AND RUSSIAN AS 424 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:52,720 WELL. 425 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,280 THE LANGUAGE TRAINING IS VERY CHALLENGING. 426 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,320 I TRIED TO DO ABOUT SIX HOURS A WEEK. 427 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,030 THAT STRETCHES YOUR BRAIN. 428 00:21:58,030 --> 00:21:59,030 NEXT SLIDE. 429 00:21:59,030 --> 00:22:01,100 WE HAVE TO LEARN INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SYSTEMS 430 00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:04,390 BECAUSE OF THE TOILET BREAKS, WHO DO YOU THINK US TO 431 00:22:04,390 --> 00:22:06,180 FIX IT? 432 00:22:06,180 --> 00:22:07,180 WHOEVER BROKE IT. 433 00:22:07,180 --> 00:22:08,180 THAT'S RIGHT. 434 00:22:08,180 --> 00:22:11,809 [LAUGHTER] SO, YOU CAN'T CALL A PLUMBER. 435 00:22:11,809 --> 00:22:12,900 WE DON'T HAVE SPACE PLUMBERS. 436 00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:14,620 MAYBE ONE DAY WE WILL. 437 00:22:14,620 --> 00:22:16,840 WE WORK AND LIVE IN SPACE NOW. 438 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,510 ANYBODY HERE 16? 439 00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:24,030 EVERYBODY 16 AND YOUNGER, RAISE YOUR HAND. 440 00:22:24,030 --> 00:22:27,650 EVERYBODY ELSE LOOK AROUND AT THESE HANDS. 441 00:22:27,650 --> 00:22:34,640 HUMANS HAVE WORKED AND LIVED IN SPACE CONTINUOUSLY LONGER THAN ALL OF THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN ALIVE. 442 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,659 WE STARTED LIVING ON THE SPACE STATION -- THANK YOU -- 443 00:22:37,659 --> 00:22:40,679 NOVEMBER 2, 2000. 444 00:22:40,679 --> 00:22:44,440 SO NOVEMBER 2 OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD 16 YEARS CONTINUOUS 445 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:45,840 AND WE ARE BEYOND 16. 446 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,080 WORKING ON HER 17TH YEAR. 447 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:50,320 THAT'S A BIG DEAL. 448 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,700 WHETHER IT'S ON CNN OR MSNBC OR NOT, THAT'S A BIG DEAL. 449 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:55,470 THANK YOU NASA. 450 00:22:55,470 --> 00:22:57,300 THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO LEARN THE SYSTEMS BECAUSE WHEN 451 00:22:57,300 --> 00:22:59,420 SOMETHING BREAKS YOU HAVE TO FIX IT. 452 00:22:59,420 --> 00:23:02,970 IT ALSO HELPS YOU TO BECOME A CAPITAL COMMUNICATOR. 453 00:23:02,970 --> 00:23:05,130 HOUSTON, I LOST MY TOOTHBRUSH. 454 00:23:05,130 --> 00:23:08,240 YOU'RE TALKING TO A CREWMEMBER OR AN ENGINEER WAS GOT 455 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,720 THROUGH SYSTEMS CLASSES SO IT'S PROBABLY OVER THERE BY 456 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,850 THE EVENT BECAUSE EVERYTHING FLOWS AND SUCKS DOWN TO 457 00:23:12,850 --> 00:23:16,010 THE AIR CONDITIONING VENT. 458 00:23:16,010 --> 00:23:18,280 THAT'S A PICTURE OF MY CLASSMATE, DREW MORGAN, WHO IS 459 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,789 AN ARMY DOCTOR WHO GRADUATED FROM RANGER SCHOOL. 460 00:23:21,789 --> 00:23:24,039 YOU THINK HE KNOWS ABOUT TELEPHONE REPAIR? 461 00:23:24,039 --> 00:23:27,700 THIS IS US REPAIRING A TELEPHONE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 462 00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:30,070 NO MATTER WHAT YOU DID BEFORE, SCHOOLTEACHER, ENGINEER, 463 00:23:30,070 --> 00:23:33,230 PILOT, YOU WILL FIND SOMETHING THAT WILL STRETCH YOUR 464 00:23:33,230 --> 00:23:34,230 BRAIN. 465 00:23:34,230 --> 00:23:36,380 THIS IS WORKING ON ROBOTICS TRAINING. 466 00:23:36,380 --> 00:23:42,040 THEY BUILT -- AND WE HAVE TO LEARN TO DO LOTS OF 467 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:43,990 DIFFERENT OPERATIONS FROM PUTTING A CREWMEMBER ON THE 468 00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:46,340 END OF IT WHEN THEY DO A SPACEWALK, TO GRABBING CARGO 469 00:23:46,340 --> 00:23:47,340 VEHICLES. 470 00:23:47,340 --> 00:23:50,100 WHEN WE LAUNCH CARGO TO THE SPACE STATION IT HAS TO 471 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:51,400 CATCH THE SPACE STATION. 472 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,390 IF I WANT TO SEND THIS SIZE MACHINE UP HERE OR THE BAG 473 00:23:54,390 --> 00:23:58,200 OF APPLES, IS NOT MOVING. 474 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,940 TECHNICALLY WERE ALL MOVING THROUGH SPACE. 475 00:23:59,940 --> 00:24:02,870 IT'S GOT ZERO VELOCITY RIGHT NOW. 476 00:24:02,870 --> 00:24:05,910 THE SPACE STATION IS GOING -- ANYONE KNOW HOW FAST? 477 00:24:05,910 --> 00:24:10,560 KIDS, HOW FAST? 478 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:11,560 >> REALLY FAST. 479 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:12,560 YEAH. 480 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:13,560 REALLY FAST. 481 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:14,690 17,500 MILES AN HOUR. 482 00:24:14,690 --> 00:24:18,450 AND SO THAT APPLE, WE HAVE TO ACCELERATE IT TO 17,500 483 00:24:18,450 --> 00:24:19,450 MILES AN HOUR. 484 00:24:19,450 --> 00:24:23,840 WE DO IT IN CARGO VEHICLES AND THEY GET UP CLOSE TO THE 485 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,000 SPACE STATION AND THEN SOME OF THEM WE PUT ON AUTOPILOT 486 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,600 AND IT COASTS NEXT TO THE SPACE STATION, FLYING IN 487 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:31,600 FORMATION. 488 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,150 THEN WE TAKE THAT ROBOTIC ARM AND WE REACH OUT AND GRAB 489 00:24:34,150 --> 00:24:35,150 IT. 490 00:24:35,150 --> 00:24:37,710 AND THEN WE STICK IT ONTO THE SPACE STATION AND THEN 491 00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:39,850 THE ASTRONAUTS CAN OPEN IT UP AND GET THE FOOD, 492 00:24:39,850 --> 00:24:43,460 PICTURES OF THEIR FAMILY, SCIENCE, HARDWARE AND CLOSE. 493 00:24:43,460 --> 00:24:45,350 THAT'S PRETTY NEAT. 494 00:24:45,350 --> 00:24:48,500 IT'S LIKE FLYING AN AIRPLANE AND USING A COMPUTER AT 495 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:51,500 THE SAME TIME. 496 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:55,140 AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE TRAINING, LEARNING 497 00:24:55,140 --> 00:24:56,420 TO SPACEWALK. 498 00:24:56,420 --> 00:24:57,420 PROOF. 499 00:24:57,420 --> 00:24:59,500 THAT ASTRONAUT PUTS THEIR SPACE PANTS ON ONE LEG AT A 500 00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:00,720 TIME. 501 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,900 THESE PICTURES I LIKE TO SHOW BECAUSE EVEN AS A ZOOM IN 502 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:07,280 HERE ON THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF GETTING SUITED UP, YOU 503 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:08,390 SEE I'M NOT ALONE. 504 00:25:08,390 --> 00:25:11,059 AND YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THIS ONE THING HE WILL 505 00:25:11,059 --> 00:25:12,900 HE DOESN'T REALIZE THAT PICTURE OF HIM RIGHT THERE IS 506 00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:14,179 HIM BY HIMSELF. 507 00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:16,549 IF YOU LOOK IN THE LOWER LEFT AND RIGHT CORNER, THOSE 508 00:25:16,549 --> 00:25:19,580 TWO SPOTS ARE DIVERSE UNDER THE WATER WAITING FOR ME TO 509 00:25:19,580 --> 00:25:22,250 GET UNDER THE WATER SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO WORK. 510 00:25:22,250 --> 00:25:25,120 THEY WEIGH US OUT SO THAT WE DO NOT FLOAT OR SINK BUT 511 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:27,350 THEY MAKE IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE WRITING MOMENTS. 512 00:25:27,350 --> 00:25:31,539 IF I WERE TO TWIST ON MY SIDE, IF I NEED TO GET 513 00:25:31,539 --> 00:25:34,140 UNDERNEATH THERE TO DRILL IN THAT BOLD I CAN GO LIKE 514 00:25:34,140 --> 00:25:37,260 THIS AND NOW I STAY ON MY SIDE UNDERWATER. 515 00:25:37,260 --> 00:25:38,990 SO WOULD STIMULATE SPACE. 516 00:25:38,990 --> 00:25:41,840 IT'S A -- THIS WAS THE MOST FUN PART OF THE TRAINING. 517 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,620 I HAD NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 518 00:25:45,620 --> 00:25:47,299 TONS OF FUN. 519 00:25:47,299 --> 00:25:53,090 WE GET UNDERWATER WE PRACTICE REPAIRING THINGS, REPLACING COMPUTERS, PUMP MODULES AND OTHER 520 00:25:53,090 --> 00:25:57,350 HARDWARE SO THAT WE CAN WORK TO KEEP THE SPACE STATION 521 00:25:57,350 --> 00:26:00,980 THAT IS IN ORBIT, 250 MILES OVERHEAD, RUNNING AND WORKING 522 00:26:00,980 --> 00:26:04,830 SO THAT WE HAVE THAT LAB IN SPACE. 523 00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:07,640 THIS IS A TIME LAPSE OF ABOUT A 20 TO 30 MINUTE PERIOD 524 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,220 OF US PUTTING ON THE SUIT, GETTING PRESSURIZED, PUTTING 525 00:26:10,220 --> 00:26:13,299 THE TOOLS ON AND GETTING INTO THE WATER. 526 00:26:13,299 --> 00:26:16,080 I LIKE THE VIDEO BECAUSE IT SPANS THE POOL DECK AND YOU 527 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,440 SEE HOW MUCH ACTIVITY JUST FOR THE TWO OF US. 528 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,330 THIS IS MY CLASSMATE GETTING SUITED UP AND GETTING IN 529 00:26:21,330 --> 00:26:22,330 THE WATER. 530 00:26:22,330 --> 00:26:24,150 YOU SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE? 531 00:26:24,150 --> 00:26:25,150 DOZENS OF FOLKS. 532 00:26:25,150 --> 00:26:27,980 LIKE SCOTT KELLY SAID, HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT IS THE 533 00:26:27,980 --> 00:26:32,549 GREATEST TEAM SPORT ON AND OFF THE PLANET. 534 00:26:32,549 --> 00:26:33,900 WE'VE GOT AN AMAZING TEAM. 535 00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:37,059 SO, WHEN YOU FINISH ALL THOSE THINGS -- THE LAST ONE. 536 00:26:37,059 --> 00:26:38,390 T 38 FLYING. 537 00:26:38,390 --> 00:26:39,720 I'M A PILOT. 538 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,429 NO MATTER WHAT YOU DID BEFORE, YOU CAN BE A SCIENTIST 539 00:26:42,429 --> 00:26:44,779 OR A SCHOOLTEACHER OR A PILOT, YOU WILL BECOME A FULLY 540 00:26:44,779 --> 00:26:46,870 QUALIFIED MEMBER OF THE T 38. 541 00:26:46,870 --> 00:26:49,360 THIS IS OUR AFTER BURNING TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT THAT WE 542 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:54,210 FLY AND IT TEACHES YOU TO OPERATE IN A PHYSIOLOGICALLY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT. 543 00:26:54,210 --> 00:26:56,659 YOU CAN BE UPSIDE DOWN BUT THE BLOOD IS NOT GOING TO 544 00:26:56,659 --> 00:26:59,070 RUN TO YOUR HEAD IF I PUT WENDY ON THE AIRPLANE IN YOUR 545 00:26:59,070 --> 00:27:02,330 EYES ARE UPSIDE DOWN YOUR BODY SAYS I'M AFRAID. 546 00:27:02,330 --> 00:27:04,740 AGAIN CAUSE YOUR SENSES TO BE CONFUSED. 547 00:27:04,740 --> 00:27:06,770 SOUND LIKE ANYTHING YOU HEARD OF? 548 00:27:06,770 --> 00:27:08,150 GOING INTO SPACE, RIGHT? 549 00:27:08,150 --> 00:27:11,360 WE HAVE TO USE CONTROLS BY DOING OTHER THINGS AND 550 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:14,230 FOLLOWING A CHECKLIST LIKE THOSE ROBOTIC OPERATIONS I 551 00:27:14,230 --> 00:27:15,230 WAS TELLING ABOUT. 552 00:27:15,230 --> 00:27:18,390 YOU ALSO HAVE TO TALK TO THE CREMATED WORK TOGETHER ON 553 00:27:18,390 --> 00:27:19,390 THE SAME THING. 554 00:27:19,390 --> 00:27:21,260 THAT'S LIKE LIVING WITH THE CROWN THE SPACE STATION. 555 00:27:21,260 --> 00:27:24,590 AND YOU HAVE TO TALK TO PEOPLE THAT ARE FAR AWAY. 556 00:27:24,590 --> 00:27:26,909 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, CONTROL TOWERS. 557 00:27:26,909 --> 00:27:32,179 IT'S LIKE BEING ON THE STATIONS IN HOUSTON, STATION, I 558 00:27:32,179 --> 00:27:33,179 LOST MY TOOTHBRUSH. 559 00:27:33,179 --> 00:27:36,649 YOU HAVE TO GET USED TO TALKING WITH FOLKS. 560 00:27:36,649 --> 00:27:39,940 EVERYBODY BECOMES A FULLY QUALIFIED MEMBER AND THAT'S A 561 00:27:39,940 --> 00:27:41,790 GREAT SHOT OF A BUNCH OF US, EIGHT OF US FLYING IN 562 00:27:41,790 --> 00:27:44,320 FORMATION FOR ONE OF OUR REMEMBRANCE DAYS. 563 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,649 WE FLY OVER THE TREE GROVE WHERE WE PLANT TREES FOR 564 00:27:46,649 --> 00:27:49,860 ASTRONAUTS THAT HAVE PASSED ON. 565 00:27:49,860 --> 00:27:51,870 THIS WAS A SPECIAL DAY. 566 00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:53,620 WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR. 567 00:27:53,620 --> 00:27:56,580 AND ONCE YOU GET DONE WITH THAT, YOU BECOME AN 568 00:27:56,580 --> 00:27:57,580 ASTRONAUT. 569 00:27:57,580 --> 00:28:00,420 A MEMBER OF THIS GREAT TEAM OF EXPLORERS. 570 00:28:00,420 --> 00:28:03,899 I LIKE TO SAY WE ARE AMBASSADORS OF THE NASA VISION TO 571 00:28:03,899 --> 00:28:06,440 REACH FOR NEW HEIGHTS AND REVEAL THE UNKNOWN FOR ALL 572 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,450 HUMANKIND. 573 00:28:08,450 --> 00:28:09,450 THOSE ARE GREAT WORDS. 574 00:28:09,450 --> 00:28:11,299 A LOT OF THOSE WORDS. 575 00:28:11,299 --> 00:28:14,630 DOES ANYONE RECOGNIZE THIS PICTURE? 576 00:28:14,630 --> 00:28:16,240 THAT IS AN ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH. 577 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,970 SHOUT IT OUT IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW IT'S IN THIS 578 00:28:18,970 --> 00:28:21,789 PHOTOGRAPH. 579 00:28:21,789 --> 00:28:23,310 >> THERE IS A MOON IN THAT. 580 00:28:23,310 --> 00:28:25,200 THAT MOON HAS A NAME. 581 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:29,860 IT WAS POPULAR TO SUMMERS AGO ANYONE REMEMBER THE NEW 582 00:28:29,860 --> 00:28:31,010 HORIZONS MISSION? 583 00:28:31,010 --> 00:28:32,010 OKAY. 584 00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:33,010 SO ANOTHER ONE. 585 00:28:33,010 --> 00:28:38,860 EVERYBODY WHO IS 10 YEARS OLD RAISE YOUR HAND. 10 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER, RAISE YOUR HAND. 586 00:28:38,860 --> 00:28:43,940 WE LAUNCHED IN A SPACECRAFT INTO SPACE. 587 00:28:43,940 --> 00:28:49,529 IT WAS GOING REALLY FAST, 25, 30,000 MILES PER HOUR. 588 00:28:49,529 --> 00:28:53,230 AND IT FLEW YOUR WHOLE LIFE. 589 00:28:53,230 --> 00:28:57,450 IT WAS DOING THAT SPEED FOR NINE YEARS. 590 00:28:57,450 --> 00:28:58,860 TO GET HERE. 591 00:28:58,860 --> 00:29:00,399 TO TAKE THAT PICTURE. 592 00:29:00,399 --> 00:29:03,059 THE FIRST HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES OF PLUTO. 593 00:29:03,059 --> 00:29:04,640 THAT'S PLUTO AND ITS MOON, KAREN. 594 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,289 THEY WERE TAKEN BY THE NEW HORIZONS SPACECRAFT. 595 00:29:08,289 --> 00:29:11,530 THE REASON I TELL YOU THAT, THIS PICTURE, THE FIRST UP 596 00:29:11,530 --> 00:29:16,309 CLOSE IMAGES OF PLUTO WERE TAKEN ON THE SAME DAY THAT 597 00:29:16,309 --> 00:29:18,940 MY CLASSMATES AND I GRADUATED FROM ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE 598 00:29:18,940 --> 00:29:19,940 TRAINING. 599 00:29:19,940 --> 00:29:21,020 THAT'S A SPECIAL PICTURE FOR ME. 600 00:29:21,020 --> 00:29:22,130 AND SO IS THIS. 601 00:29:22,130 --> 00:29:25,860 THAT'S MY CLASS, THE 2013 ASTRONAUT CLASS. 602 00:29:25,860 --> 00:29:28,900 YOU NOTICE NASA DID SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN 603 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:30,440 THEY PICKED OUR CLASS. 604 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:36,029 THERE ARE FOUR MEN THAT PICTURE AND FOR WOMEN. 605 00:29:36,029 --> 00:29:38,390 FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THEY HAVE DONE THAT. 606 00:29:38,390 --> 00:29:39,390 THAT IS WORTH APPLAUDING FOR. 607 00:29:39,390 --> 00:29:41,100 I THINK THAT WAS AWESOME. 608 00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:44,899 [APPLAUSE] >> I HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS, BY THE WAY. 609 00:29:44,899 --> 00:29:45,899 OKAY. 610 00:29:45,899 --> 00:29:46,899 [LAUGHTER]. 611 00:29:46,899 --> 00:29:48,549 I DO THINK THAT IS AWESOME. 612 00:29:48,549 --> 00:29:52,350 SO WE SHOWED UP AND FINISHED TRAINING AND THAT'S ALL OF 613 00:29:52,350 --> 00:29:54,270 US GRADUATING, ALL SMILES. 614 00:29:54,270 --> 00:29:55,270 GOOD TIMES. 615 00:29:55,270 --> 00:29:59,290 WE BECAME A MEMBER OF THIS GREAT GROUP OF EXPLORERS. 616 00:29:59,290 --> 00:32:25,390 >>> I LOVE MY JOB. 617 00:32:25,390 --> 00:32:27,809 WHO'S READY TO GO? 618 00:32:27,809 --> 00:32:33,330 [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] I LOVE THAT VIDEO. 619 00:32:33,330 --> 00:32:36,140 ANYBODY RECOGNIZE THE VOICE AND THAT VIDEO? 620 00:32:36,140 --> 00:32:37,950 WHO WAS IT? 621 00:32:37,950 --> 00:32:38,970 >> WOW! 622 00:32:38,970 --> 00:32:39,990 OKAY. 623 00:32:39,990 --> 00:32:44,940 WHAT VOICE DOES PETER -- IT IS PETER COLLINS VOICE. 624 00:32:44,940 --> 00:32:45,940 WOW. 625 00:32:45,940 --> 00:32:46,940 WE NEED TO TALK. 626 00:32:46,940 --> 00:32:51,519 I HOPE YOU WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT, TOO. 627 00:32:51,519 --> 00:32:52,519 YES. 628 00:32:52,519 --> 00:32:53,519 VERY SPECIAL. 629 00:32:53,519 --> 00:32:57,260 WE BECAME A PART OF THE ASTRONAUT CORPS AND I'M LIVING 630 00:32:57,260 --> 00:32:58,460 THIS DREAM JOB. 631 00:32:58,460 --> 00:33:01,720 IT'S AN AMAZING AND HUMBLING AND CHALLENGING AND 632 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,630 EXCITING -- AND DID I SAY HUMBLING AND CHALLENGING AND 633 00:33:04,630 --> 00:33:07,070 EXCITING? 634 00:33:07,070 --> 00:33:09,529 THOSE ARE STORIES THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT MEAN SOME THINGS 635 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:10,529 TO YOU. 636 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,830 IT WAS ABOUT CONNECTING WITH SOMETHING AND I TOLD YOU 637 00:33:16,830 --> 00:33:19,750 EARLIER SOME THINGS THAT YOU COULD BE NOW AND FOREVER 638 00:33:19,750 --> 00:33:21,330 AND THAT YOU SHOULD TRY TO BE. 639 00:33:21,330 --> 00:33:22,460 ANYBODY REMEMBER THOSE? 640 00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:25,080 WHAT WAS THE FIRST ONE? 641 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:28,159 BE GRITTY. 642 00:33:28,159 --> 00:33:31,970 NUMBER TWO BE A LIFELONG LEARNER. 643 00:33:31,970 --> 00:33:32,970 I LOVE IT! 644 00:33:32,970 --> 00:33:34,090 I WISH I COULD GET MY KIDS TO DO IT. 645 00:33:34,090 --> 00:33:36,679 WHAT WAS NUMBER THREE? 646 00:33:36,679 --> 00:33:37,679 >> BE A GOOD PERSON. 647 00:33:37,679 --> 00:33:41,679 SO, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE LITTLE SPECIFIC THINGS 648 00:33:41,679 --> 00:33:43,400 THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT ABOUT THOSE FOLKS. 649 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,400 BEING GRITTY. 650 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:45,400 WHAT IS THAT MEAN? 651 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:46,400 IT MEANS WORK HARD. 652 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,220 YOUR PARENTS TELL YOU THAT. 653 00:33:48,220 --> 00:33:51,080 I'M TELLING YOU AGAIN, WORK HARD. 654 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,340 NOT JUST AT THE THINGS YOU LIKE, ESPECIALLY THE THINGS 655 00:33:53,340 --> 00:33:55,080 YOU DON'T LIKE. 656 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:59,730 THE GREATEST OBSTACLES I'VE ENCOUNTERED IN MY LIFE WERE 657 00:33:59,730 --> 00:34:01,679 WHEN I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN MYSELF. 658 00:34:01,679 --> 00:34:03,710 I HAD EXTERNAL OBSTACLES. 659 00:34:03,710 --> 00:34:05,679 BUT THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN AS TOUGH AS I HAVE BEEN ON 660 00:34:05,679 --> 00:34:07,179 MYSELF. 661 00:34:07,179 --> 00:34:08,830 AND IF YOU RECOGNIZE THAT IT MAKES YOU LOOK AT THE 662 00:34:08,830 --> 00:34:10,840 OBSTACLES IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 663 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,450 YOU CAN DO ANYTHING IF YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT. 664 00:34:13,450 --> 00:34:14,450 I LOVE THIS THING. 665 00:34:14,450 --> 00:34:16,330 SOMEONE SAID TO ME ONCE. 666 00:34:16,330 --> 00:34:18,430 GET COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE. 667 00:34:18,430 --> 00:34:20,820 DO ANY OF YOU GET NERVOUS IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE A SPEECH 668 00:34:20,820 --> 00:34:22,609 IN FRONT OF PEOPLE? 669 00:34:22,609 --> 00:34:24,010 HANDS UP. 670 00:34:24,010 --> 00:34:25,669 BECAUSE THERE'S KIDS AND MAYBE FEEL THAT WAY AND 671 00:34:25,669 --> 00:34:27,710 GROWN-UPS ADMITTING IT WILL HELP THEM REALIZE IT'S 672 00:34:27,710 --> 00:34:28,960 OKAY. 673 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,990 MY HAND IS UP NOT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, BUT BECAUSE I GET 674 00:34:31,990 --> 00:34:33,169 NERVOUS AS WELL. 675 00:34:33,169 --> 00:34:34,510 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I PRACTICE. 676 00:34:34,510 --> 00:34:37,839 I PRACTICE AND IF YOU PRACTICE, GET YOUR LITTLE BROTHER 677 00:34:37,839 --> 00:34:40,429 OR SISTER, MAKE A SPEECH. 678 00:34:40,429 --> 00:34:41,609 GET MOMMY AND DADDY TOGETHER. 679 00:34:41,609 --> 00:34:43,200 GIVE THEM THE SPEECH. 680 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,560 TELL YOUR TEACHER BEFORE I DO THAT CAN I SHOW YOU? 681 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,919 GIVE THEM THE SPEECH AND BY THE TIME YOU'VE DONE IT 682 00:34:48,919 --> 00:34:49,919 ENOUGH, YOU GET COMFORTABLE. 683 00:34:49,919 --> 00:34:52,149 YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF. 684 00:34:52,149 --> 00:34:53,440 THOSE BUTTERFLIES ARE GOING TO CREEP UP. 685 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,500 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 686 00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:58,170 WHEN YOU FOCUS ON SOMETHING AND YOU TRAIN, YOU GET 687 00:34:58,170 --> 00:34:59,480 BETTER. 688 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,560 WHAT YOU PUT YOUR ENERGY INTO, YOU GET BETTER AT IT. 689 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,230 YOU WILL GET OFF IN FRONT OF THE CLASS AND THOSE 690 00:35:04,230 --> 00:35:07,550 BUTTERFLIES WILL FUEL YOU WILL TO FLY AND YOU'LL BE 691 00:35:07,550 --> 00:35:10,320 GOOD AT MAKING SPEECHES, EVEN IF IT STILL MAKES YOU 692 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:11,320 NERVOUS. 693 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,599 IF YOU CAN SIT CLOSE MY HAND IS SHAKING. 694 00:35:13,599 --> 00:35:14,839 BUT IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME. 695 00:35:14,839 --> 00:35:17,230 IF YOU SEE IN A MOVIE OR READ THE BOOK THE RIGHT STUFF 696 00:35:17,230 --> 00:35:18,530 THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 697 00:35:18,530 --> 00:35:21,510 BEING ABLE TO WORK THROUGH CHALLENGES. 698 00:35:21,510 --> 00:35:23,500 SO GO AFTER THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU NERVOUS. 699 00:35:23,500 --> 00:35:25,900 THAT'S WHAT BEING GRITTY IS ABOUT. 700 00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:29,250 BEING A LIFELONG LEARNER. 701 00:35:29,250 --> 00:35:30,250 NEXT SLIDE. 702 00:35:30,250 --> 00:35:32,750 THIS THING DOESN'T LIKE ME. 703 00:35:32,750 --> 00:35:36,599 [LAUGHTER] FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU HEARD ME TELL 704 00:35:36,599 --> 00:35:40,350 STORIES ABOUT FOLKS WHO HELPED ME FIND CONFIDENCE, FIND 705 00:35:40,350 --> 00:35:43,300 A PATH AND FIND A MAJOR. 706 00:35:43,300 --> 00:35:45,950 I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU I LISTENED ALL THE TIME, BUT 707 00:35:45,950 --> 00:35:48,800 I LISTENED AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT I DID. 708 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,250 I LOOK BACK AND SAID I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO A WHOLE 709 00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:52,250 LOT MORE. 710 00:35:52,250 --> 00:35:53,440 WOULD'VE SAVED MYSELF HEADACHES. 711 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:54,440 LISTEN. 712 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,440 YOU'VE GOT PARENTS. 713 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:56,530 THEY BROUGHT YOU HERE. 714 00:35:56,530 --> 00:35:59,480 YOU'VE GOT TEACHERS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, MINISTERS, 715 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,790 PASTORS, BOY SCOUT LEADERS, TEEN COACHES THAT ARE ALL 716 00:36:03,790 --> 00:36:05,490 CONCERNED ABOUT YOU. 717 00:36:05,490 --> 00:36:07,250 IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT. 718 00:36:07,250 --> 00:36:08,750 LISTEN. 719 00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:10,530 NEXT SLIDE. 720 00:36:10,530 --> 00:36:12,650 ADVANCED ONE, PLEASE. 721 00:36:12,650 --> 00:36:14,960 ANOTHER THING YOU CAN DO TO BE A LIFELONG LEARNER IS TO 722 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,839 LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. 723 00:36:16,839 --> 00:36:19,930 YES, RUSSIAN, CHINESE, LEARN TO SPEAK SPANISH OR 724 00:36:19,930 --> 00:36:21,609 FRENCH. 725 00:36:21,609 --> 00:36:27,150 BUT ALSO, LEARNING THE COMPUTER PROGRAM INTO THAT AS 726 00:36:27,150 --> 00:36:28,150 WELL. 727 00:36:28,150 --> 00:36:29,990 HOW MANY OF YOUR WALKING AROUND RIGHT NOW WITH A 728 00:36:29,990 --> 00:36:33,310 SMARTWATCH OR AN ELECTRONIC PHONE IN YOUR POCKET OR A 729 00:36:33,310 --> 00:36:35,970 GAMING DEVICE? 730 00:36:35,970 --> 00:36:38,589 YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW THE INSIDE OF THAT THING WORKS AND 731 00:36:38,589 --> 00:36:40,630 YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE MACHINES ACTUALLY SPEAK? 732 00:36:40,630 --> 00:36:41,970 IT'S MOUTH. 733 00:36:41,970 --> 00:36:44,690 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IS A SPECIFIC KIND OF MOUTH. 734 00:36:44,690 --> 00:36:46,830 I ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU ARE GOOD AT MATH AND IF YOU'RE 735 00:36:46,830 --> 00:36:48,600 DOING THAT KIND OF MOUTH WHEN THERE'S NOT A LOT OF 736 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:53,420 NUMBERS AND WHOLE LOTTA WORDS, YOU ARE FLUENT IN A 737 00:36:53,420 --> 00:36:55,829 FOREIGN LANGUAGE. 738 00:36:55,829 --> 00:36:57,110 OR ANOTHER LANGUAGE. 739 00:36:57,110 --> 00:36:59,670 ADVANCED ONE, PLEASE. 740 00:36:59,670 --> 00:37:01,329 FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE STILL IN FORMAL SCHOOLING -- 741 00:37:01,329 --> 00:37:04,290 BEING A LIFELONG LEARNER IS CONNECTING FORMAL AND 742 00:37:04,290 --> 00:37:05,290 INFORMAL SCHOOLING. 743 00:37:05,290 --> 00:37:09,020 WHAT YOU LEARN IN THE REAL WORLD AND CLASSROOM, THEY 744 00:37:09,020 --> 00:37:10,580 CALL IT EXPERIENCE. 745 00:37:10,580 --> 00:37:12,200 WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THEY CALL THAT 746 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:13,200 WISDOM. 747 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,070 WHO DOESN'T WANT THAT? 748 00:37:15,070 --> 00:37:18,160 ONE OF THE KEYS TO SUCCEEDING IN A FORMAL SETTING IS 749 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:19,160 REVIEW. 750 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:20,940 IF YOU ARE IN THE GRADES WHERE YOU HAVE ONE CLASS ALL 751 00:37:20,940 --> 00:37:23,820 DAY, IF YOU TAKE 5 TO 10 MINUTES TO REVIEW THAT STUFF, 752 00:37:23,820 --> 00:37:26,110 IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING HARD YOU WILL BE GOOD AT IT. 753 00:37:26,110 --> 00:37:28,099 YOU WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST PEOPLE AT IT. 754 00:37:28,099 --> 00:37:31,450 IF YOU HAVE HIGH SCHOOL SEVEN CLASSES, 5 TO 10 MINUTES 755 00:37:31,450 --> 00:37:36,800 PER CLASS WOULD BE 35 TO AN HOUR AND 10 MINUTES AND IF 756 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,210 YOU PUT THAT TIME IN, YOU CAN BRING YOUR GRADES FROM 757 00:37:39,210 --> 00:37:42,540 AVERAGE TO EXCELLING. 758 00:37:42,540 --> 00:37:44,590 AND HERE'S SOME SPECIFICS ON WHAT I WOULD DO. 759 00:37:44,590 --> 00:37:47,070 YOU TAKE YOUR NOTES THAT YOU WROTE IT MAY BE RIGHT LIKE 760 00:37:47,070 --> 00:37:48,250 ME CHICKEN SCRATCH. 761 00:37:48,250 --> 00:37:50,940 I CAN ALWAYS READ WHAT I WROTE SO YOU THINK I'M GONNA 762 00:37:50,940 --> 00:37:53,369 REMEMBER IT A WEEK FROM NOW OR AT THE END OF THE 763 00:37:53,369 --> 00:37:54,369 SEMESTER? 764 00:37:54,369 --> 00:37:55,369 NO. 765 00:37:55,369 --> 00:37:56,421 THAT DAY I NEED TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN 766 00:37:56,421 --> 00:37:57,421 READ IT ALL. 767 00:37:57,421 --> 00:38:02,200 WHAT I CAN'T READ, REWRITE IT. 768 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,070 AND THEN WHILE YOU'RE REWRITING YOU ARE REVIEWING IT. 769 00:38:04,070 --> 00:38:06,480 YOU'RE RUNNING IT BACK TO YOUR MIND AND YOU GET TO THAT 770 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:09,900 PART, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT PRELIMINARY CHAIN REACTION 771 00:38:09,900 --> 00:38:10,900 MEANS. 772 00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:12,770 CIRCLE THAT. 773 00:38:12,770 --> 00:38:15,640 AND THEN YOU GO TO CLASS EARLY AND YOU TELL THE 774 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,260 PROFESSOR, THE TEACHER, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE 775 00:38:18,260 --> 00:38:20,300 PRELIMINARY CHAIN REACTION IS. 776 00:38:20,300 --> 00:38:23,910 WHEN THEY EXPLAINED TO HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, NOW IT'S 777 00:38:23,910 --> 00:38:25,160 STUCK IN THAT BRAIN. 778 00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:26,920 YOU JUST DID TWO THINGS. 779 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:28,290 YOU DID TWO THINGS. 780 00:38:28,290 --> 00:38:31,760 ONE, YOU FILLED IN THAT GAP OF INFORMATION BECAUSE THE 781 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,550 TEACHER IS GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SUBJECT THAT 782 00:38:33,550 --> 00:38:35,210 BUILDS ON THAT. 783 00:38:35,210 --> 00:38:37,670 YOU DID SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS EQUAL, IF NOT MORE 784 00:38:37,670 --> 00:38:39,530 IMPORTANT. 785 00:38:39,530 --> 00:38:41,960 YOU SHOWED THAT TEACHER THAT YOU CARE. 786 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,420 THOSE EDUCATORS IN THE ROOM, RAISE YOUR HANDS UP AGAIN. 787 00:38:44,420 --> 00:38:48,079 WHEN THE KIDS COME TO FOR QUESTIONS OUTSIDE OF CLASS, 788 00:38:48,079 --> 00:38:50,700 DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE KIDS? 789 00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:53,099 YOU GENERALLY SAY THINGS LIKE BOY, THAT BILLY IS SMART. 790 00:38:53,099 --> 00:38:54,550 BOY, SUSIE IS SMART. 791 00:38:54,550 --> 00:39:00,740 BOY, JORDAN IS SMART. 792 00:39:00,740 --> 00:39:02,510 [LAUGHTER] SO, IT'S TWO IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU ARE 793 00:39:02,510 --> 00:39:03,510 GETTING DONE. 794 00:39:03,510 --> 00:39:04,760 NEXT SLIDE. 795 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,560 BE A GOOD PERSON. 796 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,390 IT'S WEIRD TO GO -- I'M NOT THE JUDGE OF WHAT IT MEANS 797 00:39:09,390 --> 00:39:11,349 TO BE A GOOD PERSON, THAT I CAN TELL YOU SOME THINGS. 798 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:15,000 IF YOU ASK YOURSELF WHAT WOULD MY MAMA THINK OF THIS? 799 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,730 WHAT WOULD MY GRANDMA THINK OF THESE DECISIONS? 800 00:39:16,730 --> 00:39:19,650 YOU WILL PROBABLY MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. 801 00:39:19,650 --> 00:39:21,900 IF I WAS TELLING YOU NOT TO LISTEN TO YOUR PARENTS AND 802 00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:25,960 TO NOT WORK OUT AND SIT ON YOUR BUTT AND PLAY VIDEO 803 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:29,490 GAMES INSTEAD OF MAKING THE VIDEO GAMES, MY GRANDMOTHER 804 00:39:29,490 --> 00:39:31,330 WOULD NOT BE HAPPY WITH THAT. 805 00:39:31,330 --> 00:39:33,070 AND IT'S ON TV SO SHE WOULD KNOW. 806 00:39:33,070 --> 00:39:34,840 I WOULD GET A PHONE CALL. 807 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,670 [LAUGHTER] WHAT WOULD YOUR GRANDMOTHER THINK? 808 00:39:37,670 --> 00:39:39,320 THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION TO ASK YOURSELF. 809 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:40,320 NEXT SLIDE. 810 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:42,770 ADVANCED ONE, PLEASE. 811 00:39:42,770 --> 00:39:45,020 IT'S ABOUT MAKING HEALTHY, RATIONAL CHOICES. 812 00:39:45,020 --> 00:39:48,720 IT'S ABOUT PUTTING GOOD THINGS IN YOUR BODY AND ABOUT 813 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:51,040 GOOD THINGS COMING OUT OF YOUR BODY. 814 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:53,730 IT'S ABOUT GETTING A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP. 815 00:39:53,730 --> 00:39:57,950 IT'S ABOUT LEARNING, ADVANCING AND NOT BEING TOO BIG 816 00:39:57,950 --> 00:40:00,400 HEADED TO GROW AND TO LEARN. 817 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,740 HEALTHY, RATIONAL CHOICES. 818 00:40:02,740 --> 00:40:04,770 NEXT SLIDE. 819 00:40:04,770 --> 00:40:07,099 IT'S ABOUT PRACTICING ETIQUETTE. 820 00:40:07,099 --> 00:40:09,859 I TELL MY KIDS, AT A KID IS RESPECTING THE PEOPLE 821 00:40:09,859 --> 00:40:10,859 AROUND YOU. 822 00:40:10,859 --> 00:40:12,369 IT'S A BUNCH OF THINGS I WANT YOU TO LEARN AND 823 00:40:12,369 --> 00:40:14,560 UNDERSTAND IS NOT JUST PUTTING THE KNIVES AND FORKS AND 824 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:15,750 THE COPS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 825 00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:18,660 BREAD, MEAT, WATER, WHICH ONE IS MINE? 826 00:40:18,660 --> 00:40:21,020 IT'S ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PEOPLE SITTING NEXT 827 00:40:21,020 --> 00:40:23,800 TO YOU, MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION OR THEY'LL DO 828 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,190 SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO BE RESPECTIVE. 829 00:40:27,190 --> 00:40:29,319 PRACTICING ETIQUETTE, WHAT YOU PUT YOUR ENERGY INTO, 830 00:40:29,319 --> 00:40:32,240 YOU GET GOOD AT. 831 00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:34,750 WORKING HERE ON THE HILL, WORKING IN CONGRESS, I SAW 832 00:40:34,750 --> 00:40:38,990 HOW IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE HANDWRITTEN NOTES FOR. 833 00:40:38,990 --> 00:40:41,190 THINGS THAT WE DON'T KID ABOUT. 834 00:40:41,190 --> 00:40:42,980 LEAVE A MESSAGE. 835 00:40:42,980 --> 00:40:44,170 ELECTRONIC MAIL. 836 00:40:44,170 --> 00:40:46,630 BUT A HANDWRITTEN NOTE STANDS OUT. 837 00:40:46,630 --> 00:40:49,260 I KNOW PEOPLE WHO GOT JOBS BECAUSE THEY WROTE A 838 00:40:49,260 --> 00:40:53,280 HANDWRITTEN THANK YOU NOTE TO THE PERSON THAT INTERVIEWED THEM. 839 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:54,380 ETIQUETTE AND TEAMWORK. 840 00:40:54,380 --> 00:40:58,280 BOY, HOW MANY TIMES -- HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT IS THE 841 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:01,020 GREATEST TEAM SPORT ON AND OFF THE PLANET AND WE SPENT 842 00:41:01,020 --> 00:41:03,540 A LOT OF TIME TRYING HARD TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND 843 00:41:03,540 --> 00:41:06,670 EACH OTHER SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH A MISSION. 844 00:41:06,670 --> 00:41:07,910 YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE THAT. 845 00:41:07,910 --> 00:41:10,790 IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOW UP AND BE GOOD ON DYLAN. 846 00:41:10,790 --> 00:41:12,490 NEXT SLIDE IN THE LAST ONE. 847 00:41:12,490 --> 00:41:16,000 TO ALL THE SERVICEMEMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND PARENTS 848 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,470 YOU DO THIS EVERY DAY. 849 00:41:17,470 --> 00:41:20,329 YOU SERVE SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF AND FOR YOU 850 00:41:20,329 --> 00:41:22,730 YOUNG FOLKS, LOOK FOR THAT THING. 851 00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:25,180 I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ALL YOUR PASSIONS. 852 00:41:25,180 --> 00:41:28,790 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU FIND A WAY TO SERVE AND WHEN YOU 853 00:41:28,790 --> 00:41:31,170 PUT YOUR ENERGY INTO DOING SOMETHING ELSE, YOU ARE 854 00:41:31,170 --> 00:41:34,250 GOING TO GROW A PASSION THAT YOU WILL KEEP FOR THE REST 855 00:41:34,250 --> 00:41:35,250 YOUR LIFE. 856 00:41:35,250 --> 00:41:36,250 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 857 00:41:36,250 --> 00:41:40,720 THANK YOU FOR COMING. 858 00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:45,970 [APPLAUSE] ONE MORE SLIDE. 859 00:41:45,970 --> 00:41:47,530 ONE MORE SLIDE. 860 00:41:47,530 --> 00:41:51,520 SOME WEBSITES THAT YOU CAN GO TO AND GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MISSIONS, THE SIGNS 861 00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,410 IN THE SPACE STATION AND SEE WHAT WE DO. 862 00:41:54,410 --> 00:41:57,620 NOW, WHILE THAT'S IT'S UP THERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS 863 00:41:57,620 --> 00:41:59,680 FOR ME THERE IS A MICROPHONE HERE. 864 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,040 YOU HAVE TO STAND IN THE SPOTLIGHT. 865 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:02,730 BUT PLEASE, ASK QUESTIONS. 866 00:42:02,730 --> 00:42:04,790 I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE SOME YOUR QUESTIONS. 867 00:42:04,790 --> 00:42:07,540 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS. 868 00:42:07,540 --> 00:42:09,810 THERE IS A QUIZ IF YOU DON'T ASK ME QUESTIONS. 869 00:42:09,810 --> 00:42:14,820 [LAUGHTER] COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE. 870 00:42:14,820 --> 00:42:16,180 >> THANKS. 871 00:42:16,180 --> 00:42:24,480 I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT STORY 872 00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:31,160 ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU DID EARLY ON THAT 873 00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:32,390 HELPED YOU SUCCEED TO WHERE YOU ARE NOW. 874 00:42:32,390 --> 00:42:33,390 TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE IN COLLEGE OR HAVE ALREADY MAYBE 875 00:42:33,390 --> 00:42:34,470 HAD SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES OR HAVE GONE THROUGH ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL WHAT WOULD YOU 876 00:42:34,470 --> 00:42:37,150 TELL THEM AS THEY MOVE ONTO THE NEXT STEP OF THEIR LIFE 877 00:42:37,150 --> 00:42:40,999 POSTCOLLEGE THAT HELPS YOU CONTINUE BUILDING ON YOUR SUCCESS? 878 00:42:40,999 --> 00:42:41,999 >> GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE. 879 00:42:41,999 --> 00:42:44,530 I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE ALL STILL APPLICABLE. 880 00:42:44,530 --> 00:42:47,570 BUT I WOULD SAY THIS: WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO 881 00:42:47,570 --> 00:42:50,770 DO IN LIFE, IF YOU LOVE MUSIC AND ART. 882 00:42:50,770 --> 00:42:54,720 IT'S SO IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY AS WE NOW LIVE IN SPACE. 883 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:56,900 WE NEED TO TAKE MORE PARTS OF OUR CULTURE. 884 00:42:56,900 --> 00:42:59,110 HUMANS DON'T LIVE BY BREAD ALONE. 885 00:42:59,110 --> 00:43:01,150 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE FOOD AND THE TOILET IN THE 886 00:43:01,150 --> 00:43:02,160 LIGHT SUPPORT. 887 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,089 YOU WANT MUSIC AND GAMES AND SO THOSE THINGS ARE 888 00:43:05,089 --> 00:43:06,319 IMPORTANT. 889 00:43:06,319 --> 00:43:08,790 WHILE YOU ARE IN COLLEGE YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO BE AN 890 00:43:08,790 --> 00:43:10,560 ARTIST, A SINGER, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 891 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:14,329 A TECHNICAL EDUCATION -- I TRIED TO STOP SAYING STEM 892 00:43:14,329 --> 00:43:17,150 BUT YOU CANNOT GET A DEGREE IN STEM. 893 00:43:17,150 --> 00:43:19,829 BUT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS WILL 894 00:43:19,829 --> 00:43:20,990 SERVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT. 895 00:43:20,990 --> 00:43:26,080 WE ARE ALL WALKING AROUND WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE. 896 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:27,080 YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS. 897 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:29,490 I ASK IS IF THEY LIKE MOUTH AND HANDS GO UP. 898 00:43:29,490 --> 00:43:30,880 I SAID YOU LIKE MONEY? 899 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:33,570 PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD AT THAT OTHER THAN USUALLY KEEP 900 00:43:33,570 --> 00:43:34,570 MORE. 901 00:43:34,570 --> 00:43:35,570 THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO SKIN THE CAT. 902 00:43:35,570 --> 00:43:39,650 IF YOU STUDY MATH AND SCIENCE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU WANT 903 00:43:39,650 --> 00:43:42,140 TO DO IN YOUR CAREER, THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO SERVE 904 00:43:42,140 --> 00:43:43,660 YOU. 905 00:43:43,660 --> 00:43:44,780 HERE'S ANOTHER. 906 00:43:44,780 --> 00:43:47,069 IF YOU DO GO INTO THE TECHNICAL WORK FORCE. 907 00:43:47,069 --> 00:43:49,480 YOU SAW A PICTURE WHEN I WAS WORKING ON THE HILL. 908 00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:51,560 I FOUND THAT TECHNICAL FOLKS, THE SCIENCE AND 909 00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:55,330 TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE TENDS TO BE A HISTORICAL AND A 910 00:43:55,330 --> 00:43:58,160 POLITICAL MEANING THEY'RE NOT INTO IT. 911 00:43:58,160 --> 00:43:59,280 IT'S NOT ABOUT POLITICIANS. 912 00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:01,680 POLITICS IS ABOUT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, OUR 913 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,940 STRUCTURE, ROADS, THE THINGS THAT WE SHARE COLLECTIVELY 914 00:44:04,940 --> 00:44:07,660 AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW ALONG AND UNDERSTAND HOW 915 00:44:07,660 --> 00:44:09,500 THOSE THINGS WORK. 916 00:44:09,500 --> 00:44:10,810 READ. 917 00:44:10,810 --> 00:44:12,130 READ LONGFORM JOURNALISM. 918 00:44:12,130 --> 00:44:14,869 I COULD GIVE YOU NAMES BUT I MIGHT GET IN TROUBLE. 919 00:44:14,869 --> 00:44:16,589 BUT LONG, WELL WRITTEN ARTICLES. 920 00:44:16,589 --> 00:44:21,160 YOU CAN'T GET ALL YOUR NEWS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. 140 CHARACTERS DON'T CUT IT. 921 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:23,890 YOU HAVE TO READ THINGS BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE A SPECIALTY. 922 00:44:23,890 --> 00:44:24,890 [APPLAUSE] THREE. 923 00:44:24,890 --> 00:44:28,210 AFTERWARDS, ASK ME WHEN WE ARE OFF THE RECORDER AND 924 00:44:28,210 --> 00:44:30,329 GIVE YOU THINGS THAT YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT'S 925 00:44:30,329 --> 00:44:32,200 GOING ON THE WORLD. 926 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:33,200 GREAT QUESTION. 927 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:40,250 THANK YOU. 928 00:44:40,250 --> 00:44:43,070 >> HOW OLD YOU HAVE TO BE TO BE AN ASTRONAUT? 929 00:44:43,070 --> 00:44:44,150 >> WELL. 930 00:44:44,150 --> 00:44:47,329 I THINK WE'VE HAD FOLKS SELECTED IN THEIR 20S. 931 00:44:47,329 --> 00:44:49,450 SO USUALLY A COLLEGE GRADUATE. 932 00:44:49,450 --> 00:44:52,980 MOST OF US, THOUGH, ARE IN OUR 30S WHEN WE ARE 933 00:44:52,980 --> 00:44:53,980 SELECTED. 934 00:44:53,980 --> 00:44:55,330 I KNOW YOU ARE THINKING WELL. 935 00:44:55,330 --> 00:44:56,630 THAT'S OLD! 936 00:44:56,630 --> 00:44:58,519 [LAUGHTER] >> YEAH. 937 00:44:58,519 --> 00:45:02,410 >> I'M THINKING -- [LAUGHTER] >> I LOVE IT. 938 00:45:02,410 --> 00:45:03,410 HONESTLY. 939 00:45:03,410 --> 00:45:05,180 I'M THINKING THAT'S PRETTY YOUNG. 940 00:45:05,180 --> 00:45:06,740 >> GOOD JOB. 941 00:45:06,740 --> 00:45:08,310 >> GOOD QUESTION. 942 00:45:08,310 --> 00:45:09,310 THANK YOU. 943 00:45:09,310 --> 00:45:13,760 >> HAVE YOU EVER LIVED IN SPACE? 944 00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,220 >> I HAVE NOT, YET. 945 00:45:15,220 --> 00:45:17,119 I'M WAITING TO BE ASSIGNED TO A MISSION. 946 00:45:17,119 --> 00:45:18,650 WHEN THEY ASKED ME IF I'M READY TO GO, AND GOING TO SAY 947 00:45:18,650 --> 00:45:21,400 YES LET'S START THIS TRAINING AND I WILL HOPEFULLY LIVE 948 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,599 ON THE SPACE STATION FOR SIX MONTHS. 949 00:45:23,599 --> 00:45:25,090 BUT NOT YET. 950 00:45:25,090 --> 00:45:27,320 MAYBE SOON. 951 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:28,440 >> OKAY. 952 00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:32,480 I'VE STILL GOT MY QUIZ. 953 00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:34,250 I WILL ASK YOU QUESTIONS. 954 00:45:34,250 --> 00:45:38,890 HOW FAST IS THE SPACE STATION GOING AROUND THE EARTH? 955 00:45:38,890 --> 00:45:40,820 >> 17,500 MILES AN HOUR. 956 00:45:40,820 --> 00:45:42,500 THEY ARE GOING TO GET HARDER. 957 00:45:42,500 --> 00:45:43,500 HOW FAST IS. 958 00:45:43,500 --> 00:45:44,500 AAROUND YOURS? 959 00:45:44,500 --> 00:45:45,600 HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? 960 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:49,750 >> SPIT IT OUT. >> 90 MINUTES. 961 00:45:49,750 --> 00:45:53,700 >> SO, HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DOES THE SPACE STATION SEE 962 00:45:53,700 --> 00:45:59,090 THE SUN RISE AND SET? 963 00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:00,850 CARRIE THE ONE. 964 00:46:00,850 --> 00:46:03,550 [LAUGHTER] 16. 965 00:46:03,550 --> 00:46:07,040 AND WE LOVE SUNRISE AND SAID, DON'T WE? 966 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:08,099 IT'S A SPECIAL THING. 967 00:46:08,099 --> 00:46:11,210 THEY ARE NOT JUST SITTING AND WATCHING THE SUNRISE, BUT 968 00:46:11,210 --> 00:46:13,300 SOMETIMES WHEN THEY EVERY TIME, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT 969 00:46:13,300 --> 00:46:15,090 TO DO IS LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND TAKE PICTURES. 970 00:46:15,090 --> 00:46:19,110 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL ENLIGHTENED PRESENTATION. 971 00:46:19,110 --> 00:46:20,260 >> THANK YOU. 972 00:46:20,260 --> 00:46:22,560 >> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 973 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:28,521 ONE IS WHAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGING OBSTACLE YOU 974 00:46:28,521 --> 00:46:32,180 OVERCAME AS A TEAM AND AS AN ASTRONAUT AND SECONDLY, 975 00:46:32,180 --> 00:46:35,800 WHERE DO YOU SEE YOUR FUTURE? 976 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,540 >> MY FUTURE. 977 00:46:38,540 --> 00:46:39,540 GREAT QUESTION, SIR. 978 00:46:39,540 --> 00:46:40,540 THANK YOU. 979 00:46:40,540 --> 00:46:42,750 GREATEST CHALLENGE AS A TEEN IN ASTRONAUT AND WHAT I 980 00:46:42,750 --> 00:46:43,839 SEE MY FUTURE? 981 00:46:43,839 --> 00:46:46,230 AS A TEAM, IT WAS IGNORANCE. 982 00:46:46,230 --> 00:46:47,230 IT WAS MYSELF. 983 00:46:47,230 --> 00:46:48,280 THAT'S SOMETHING I DID INSIDE. 984 00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:49,869 I TELL YOU STORY. 985 00:46:49,869 --> 00:46:50,869 I DID NOT PUT IN THIS TALK. 986 00:46:50,869 --> 00:46:53,109 I COULD HAVE SAT ON THAT ONE SLIDE OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN 987 00:46:53,109 --> 00:46:55,829 THE PICTURES FOR THE WHOLE HOUR. 988 00:46:55,829 --> 00:46:57,920 I WAS A PRETTY DECENT ATHLETE. 989 00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:00,210 I WAS THE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR IN MY HIGH SCHOOL. 990 00:47:00,210 --> 00:47:02,869 THE MARINE CORE GAVE ME AN AWARD AND THEN THE NAVAL 991 00:47:02,869 --> 00:47:05,550 ACADEMY RECRUITER CAME TO MY HOUSE AND SAID YOU WANT TO 992 00:47:05,550 --> 00:47:09,970 PLAY FOOTBALL AT ANNAPOLIS AND I SAID NO THANK YOU. 993 00:47:09,970 --> 00:47:12,710 AND THEN NOT LONG AFTER THAT, THE WEST POINT RECRUITER 994 00:47:12,710 --> 00:47:15,410 CAME AND SAID HEY, DO YOU WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT WEST 995 00:47:15,410 --> 00:47:17,270 POINT? 996 00:47:17,270 --> 00:47:18,270 AND I SAID NO, THANK YOU. 997 00:47:18,270 --> 00:47:19,270 NOT INTERESTED. 998 00:47:19,270 --> 00:47:23,339 AND ANNAPOLIS ACTUALLY CAME BACK AND SAID, DO YOU WANT 999 00:47:23,339 --> 00:47:24,339 TO WRESTLE? 1000 00:47:24,339 --> 00:47:26,369 I DID PRETTY GOOD MY SENIOR YEAR AND WAS ALLSTATE AND 1001 00:47:26,369 --> 00:47:29,700 SAID YOU WANT TO WRESTLE AT ANNAPOLIS? 1002 00:47:29,700 --> 00:47:30,700 YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID? 1003 00:47:30,700 --> 00:47:32,670 NO THANK YOU. 1004 00:47:32,670 --> 00:47:34,620 AND I'M STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU A NAVAL OFFICER IN A 1005 00:47:34,620 --> 00:47:37,980 NAVAL AVIATOR AND I GAVE UP THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET A 1006 00:47:37,980 --> 00:47:41,920 FREE EDUCATION AT AN EQUAL TO AN IVY LEAGUE INSTITUTION 1007 00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:44,680 AND -- IT WAS BECAUSE OF MY IGNORANCE. 1008 00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:47,470 I WASN'T EXPOSED TO THAT AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE 1009 00:47:47,470 --> 00:47:50,060 OPPORTUNITY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WAS LIKE. 1010 00:47:50,060 --> 00:47:53,920 AND SO I TELL THAT STORY OFTEN BECAUSE IT WAS ME, 16, 1011 00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:57,680 17-YEAR-OLD ME, THAT JUST COULDN'T SEE IT. 1012 00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:00,700 BUT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. 1013 00:48:00,700 --> 00:48:01,839 EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. 1014 00:48:01,839 --> 00:48:05,310 GREATEST OBSTACLE AS AN ASTRONAUT, THIS OPPORTUNITY IS 1015 00:48:05,310 --> 00:48:06,310 UNIQUE. 1016 00:48:06,310 --> 00:48:08,500 I GOT THE PHONE CALL STANDING IN THE OFFICE BUILDING. 1017 00:48:08,500 --> 00:48:11,130 I WAS IN THE ROTUNDA. 1018 00:48:11,130 --> 00:48:14,250 I WAS STANDING IN THERE WHEN JANET HAVE ON THE ASKED ME 1019 00:48:14,250 --> 00:48:16,880 TO WANT TO MOVE TO HOUSTON TO TRAIN TO BE AN ASTRONAUT? 1020 00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:19,460 THERE'S ONLY ONE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. 1021 00:48:19,460 --> 00:48:21,000 [LAUGHTER] >> YES. 1022 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:25,099 BUT THAT DECISION ALSO MEANT LEAVING THE NAVY FULL-TIME. 1023 00:48:25,099 --> 00:48:27,440 I'M STILL ACTIVE DUTY NAVAL OFFICER BUT IT MEANT 1024 00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:28,440 LEAVING. 1025 00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:30,510 I'VE GOT FRIENDS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT I SERVED WITH AND 1026 00:48:30,510 --> 00:48:34,800 MY FIRST SQUADRON, HE WAS MY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AND 1027 00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:37,119 MY BEST FRIEND IN NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. 1028 00:48:37,119 --> 00:48:44,000 HE WAS THE GUY GOOD TO SEE YOUR BROTHER. 1029 00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:46,620 LEAVING THAT -- LEAVING MY NAVY FAMILY IS BEEN THE 1030 00:48:46,620 --> 00:48:51,799 GREATEST CHALLENGE OF THIS ASTRONAUT JOURNEY OF MINE. 1031 00:48:54,599 --> 00:48:53,200 >> HI. 1032 00:48:54,599 --> 00:48:56,619 >> YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 1033 00:48:56,619 --> 00:48:57,619 >> YES. 1034 00:48:57,619 --> 00:49:01,609 >> WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? 1035 00:49:01,609 --> 00:49:02,609 >> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO THE MOON? 1036 00:49:02,609 --> 00:49:03,780 >> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO THE ROOM? 1037 00:49:03,780 --> 00:49:05,270 THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION! 1038 00:49:05,270 --> 00:49:10,119 SO, I'M NOT A ROCKET SCIENTIST BUT I PLAY ONE ON TV. 1039 00:49:10,119 --> 00:49:14,741 [LAUGHTER] >> SO I BELIEVE THE FASTEST THING THAT WE 1040 00:49:14,741 --> 00:49:17,920 SENT IT TO THE MOON LEFT EARTH BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE BIG 1041 00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,520 FIRE COMING OUT FROM LEFT OFF, TO -- IT WASN'T 1042 00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,550 GOING TO THE MOON IT WAS GOING FATHER. 1043 00:49:23,550 --> 00:49:28,930 IT PASSED THE MOON SIX HOURS LATER. 1044 00:49:28,930 --> 00:49:30,700 SIX HOURS! 1045 00:49:30,700 --> 00:49:32,150 ANYBODY REMEMBER? 1046 00:49:32,150 --> 00:49:33,790 HOW FAR IS THE MOON? 1047 00:49:33,790 --> 00:49:36,030 240,000 MILES. 1048 00:49:36,030 --> 00:49:37,030 WAS IT COOKING? 1049 00:49:37,030 --> 00:49:38,160 IT WAS COOKING. 1050 00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:40,880 THAT WAS THE NEW HORIZON VEHICLE THAT WAS GOING TO 1051 00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:41,880 PLUTO. 1052 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,060 IT HAD TO GO THAT FAST BECAUSE IT HAD TO GET ALL THE 1053 00:49:44,060 --> 00:49:45,060 WAY TO PLUTO. 1054 00:49:45,060 --> 00:49:47,200 IT PASSED THE MOON SIX HOURS AFTER TAKEOFF. 1055 00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:49,540 MAYBE IT WAS EIGHT HOURS. 1056 00:49:49,540 --> 00:49:54,500 WHEN WE SEND ASTRONAUTS IT'S A COUPLE DAY TRIP. 1057 00:49:54,500 --> 00:49:56,990 SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE MISSION IS AND WAS GOING AND 1058 00:49:56,990 --> 00:49:58,870 HOW MUCH DO FAST GO WITH IT. 1059 00:49:58,870 --> 00:50:03,980 SO ANYWHERE FROM A FEW HOURS TO A COUPLE, A FEW DAYS. 1060 00:50:03,980 --> 00:50:05,540 GOOD QUESTION. 1061 00:50:05,540 --> 00:50:16,980 YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. 1062 00:50:16,980 --> 00:50:18,450 I'VE GOT MORE QUIZ QUESTIONS. 1063 00:50:18,450 --> 00:50:19,450 ALL RIGHT. 1064 00:50:19,450 --> 00:50:21,660 AND THIS WHEN THERE IS NO ANSWER KEY FOR. 1065 00:50:21,660 --> 00:50:24,230 WHAT YOU THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOLKS HAVE 1066 00:50:24,230 --> 00:50:26,829 AND ADJUSTING TO LIVING IN SPACES? 1067 00:50:26,829 --> 00:50:28,301 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHANGES. 1068 00:50:28,301 --> 00:50:33,410 THIS IS IT LIKE A HARD AND FAST THING BUT SIR? 1069 00:50:33,410 --> 00:50:38,190 >> WELL I'M PRETTY SURE DOES IT AFFECT HOW YOU GROW? 1070 00:50:38,190 --> 00:50:39,380 IT DOES AFFECT YOU GROW. 1071 00:50:39,380 --> 00:50:42,800 YOU GAIN AN INCH OR TWO WHEN YOU GO UP THERE. 1072 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:43,910 >> GETTING NAUSEOUS. 1073 00:50:43,910 --> 00:50:45,400 >> YOU DO GET ADJUSTMENT. 1074 00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:47,620 WHERE YOU FEEL CONGESTED. 1075 00:50:47,620 --> 00:50:52,410 YOU FEEL YOUR STOMACH AND YOU MAY BE GETTING NAUSEOUS. 1076 00:50:52,410 --> 00:50:54,109 THIS COULD BE A LONG-TERM THING. 1077 00:50:54,109 --> 00:50:58,050 YOU MAY ADJUST TO THAT OVER TIME, I USED TO THINK YOU 1078 00:50:58,050 --> 00:51:01,940 KNOW WHEN YOU SEE THOSE COMMERCIALS ON TV FOR A NEW 1079 00:51:01,940 --> 00:51:02,940 BED? 1080 00:51:02,940 --> 00:51:03,940 WHAT ARE THEY TELL YOU? 1081 00:51:03,940 --> 00:51:06,349 THIS IS MADE WITH THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT NASA USES 1082 00:51:06,349 --> 00:51:07,349 HERE. 1083 00:51:07,349 --> 00:51:10,579 YOU'RE LIKE FLOATING IN SPACE MUST BE THE BEST NIGHT 1084 00:51:10,579 --> 00:51:12,089 SLEEP. 1085 00:51:12,089 --> 00:51:15,030 AND SLEEP, FOR SOME PEOPLE IS GREAT AND FOR SOME PEOPLE 1086 00:51:15,030 --> 00:51:16,960 THAT'S ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS TO DO. 1087 00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:17,960 THINK ABOUT THIS. 1088 00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:23,040 YOU ARE PROBABLY FLOATING, BUT WHEN YOU GET IN THE BED, 1089 00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:24,960 THE COOL SHEETS. 1090 00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:27,859 THAT'S A SENSATION THAT YOU ARE USED TO. 1091 00:51:27,859 --> 00:51:30,770 LAYING DOWN -- I'M STANDING IN THE PRESSURES ON THE 1092 00:51:30,770 --> 00:51:31,770 BOTTOM OF MY FEET. 1093 00:51:31,770 --> 00:51:34,350 MY HEART IS PUSHING THE BLOOD AROUND. 1094 00:51:34,350 --> 00:51:36,180 WHEN YOU LAY DOWN, THAT CHANGES. 1095 00:51:36,180 --> 00:51:39,030 YOUR BODY SENSES ALL OF THAT. 1096 00:51:39,030 --> 00:51:42,000 THE TECH TELL SENSATION OF LAYING, ALL THAT PRESSURE 1097 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:43,680 ALONG YOUR BODY. 1098 00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:46,700 WE TRY TO SIMULATE THAT BY STRIPPING IN A SLEEPING BAG 1099 00:51:46,700 --> 00:51:48,730 INTO YOUR CREW QUARTERS AND THEN YOU KIND OF STRAP 1100 00:51:48,730 --> 00:51:50,900 YOURSELF INTO IT SO IT HOLDS YOU UP AGAINST THE WALL, 1101 00:51:50,900 --> 00:51:53,319 BUT YOU CAN'T LAY DOWN IN SPACE. 1102 00:51:53,319 --> 00:51:55,550 THINK ABOUT IT. 1103 00:51:55,550 --> 00:51:58,099 SO SLEEP IS ONE OF THE MORE CHALLENGING THINGS TO DO. 1104 00:51:58,099 --> 00:51:59,099 THE OTHER ONE? 1105 00:51:59,099 --> 00:52:00,099 USING THE BATHROOM. 1106 00:52:00,099 --> 00:52:01,190 WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT. 1107 00:52:01,190 --> 00:52:07,989 [LAUGHTER] >> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO SATURN? 1108 00:52:07,989 --> 00:52:09,349 >> I'M SORRY? 1109 00:52:11,490 --> 00:52:10,450 >> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO SATURN? 1110 00:52:11,490 --> 00:52:14,130 PROBABLY NOT NINE YEARS LIKE PLUTO BECAUSE IT'S CLOSER, 1111 00:52:14,130 --> 00:52:15,599 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 1112 00:52:15,599 --> 00:52:18,300 LET'S ASK SOMEONE EXACTLY AND SEE IF WE CAN GET 1113 00:52:18,300 --> 00:52:20,579 OURSELVES AN ANSWER HERE. 1114 00:52:20,579 --> 00:52:23,970 LET'S SEE. 1115 00:52:23,970 --> 00:52:29,410 SIRI, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO SATURN? 1116 00:52:29,410 --> 00:52:30,490 >> OKAY. 1117 00:52:30,490 --> 00:52:34,810 GIVE ME A MOMENT. 1118 00:52:34,810 --> 00:52:40,200 HERE IS WHAT I FOUND. 1119 00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:42,359 >> 6.05 YEARS. 1120 00:52:42,359 --> 00:52:43,460 THAT'S WHAT SIRI SAYS. 1121 00:52:43,460 --> 00:52:44,950 YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK YOU SHOULD DO? 1122 00:52:44,950 --> 00:52:49,300 YOU LOOK IT UP AND YOU TELL ME WHEN I COME BACK. 1123 00:52:49,300 --> 00:52:51,680 DEAL? 1124 00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:56,790 [LAUGHTER] MORE QUESTIONS KEITH WILL LISTEN, OUT OF MY 1125 00:52:56,790 --> 00:52:58,780 ETIQUETTE FOR YOUR TIME -- PLEASE. 1126 00:52:58,780 --> 00:53:04,890 >> I WANT TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT SPACE EXPLORATION AND 1127 00:53:04,890 --> 00:53:12,050 THE BENEFITS FOR ACTUAL PEOPLE, MANKIND, WOULD YOU TELL 1128 00:53:12,050 --> 00:53:13,740 THEM ABOUT THAT? 1129 00:53:13,740 --> 00:53:19,650 I'VE BEEN DISCOVERING MORE THINGS THAT HAVE A DIRECT 1130 00:53:19,650 --> 00:53:20,650 IMPACT ON OUR LIVES. 1131 00:53:20,650 --> 00:53:21,650 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1132 00:53:21,650 --> 00:53:22,650 IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH TIME HAVE. 1133 00:53:22,650 --> 00:53:24,971 AS YOU CAN SEE, LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS KIND OF STUFF. 1134 00:53:24,971 --> 00:53:27,130 IT'S INTERESTING TO ME. 1135 00:53:27,130 --> 00:53:31,059 SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE WORKING ON THE SPACE 1136 00:53:31,059 --> 00:53:33,250 STATION EXPERIMENT THAT'S GOING ON IS THIS PROTEIN 1137 00:53:33,250 --> 00:53:36,579 CRYSTAL GROWTH EXPERIMENT WHERE WE CAN GROW VERY NICELY 1138 00:53:36,579 --> 00:53:38,600 STRUCTURED AND LARGER PROTEIN CRYSTALS. 1139 00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:40,720 WHAT THAT ENABLES US TO DO ON THE PLANET'S MAIN 1140 00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:43,950 CHEMICAL THERAPY MEDICINES THAT ARE BETTER AND MORE 1141 00:53:43,950 --> 00:53:46,950 SUITED FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE TAKING IT FOR. 1142 00:53:46,950 --> 00:53:48,220 SO THAT IS NEW. 1143 00:53:48,220 --> 00:53:50,309 PHARMACEUTICAL COUNTRIES – COMPANIES ARE INTERESTED. 1144 00:53:50,309 --> 00:53:54,170 IS IT FEASIBLE TO MANUFACTURE THINGS IN SPACE ARE WHAT 1145 00:53:54,170 --> 00:53:57,340 WE LEARN ABOUT THEM IN SPACE CAN WE MAKE BETTER TURTLES 1146 00:53:57,340 --> 00:53:58,340 HERE ON THE BROWN. 1147 00:53:58,340 --> 00:54:04,360 HERE'S ANOTHER ONE COKE --:. WE ARE ONE OF THE PRIMARY RESEARCH OBJECTS. 1148 00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:05,360 BONE HEALTH. 1149 00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:08,730 YOU'VE GOT THIS TRABECULAR BONE THROUGH THE HARD AND 1150 00:54:08,730 --> 00:54:11,700 SOFTER INSIDE LIKE THE NARROW ON A CHICKEN LEG. 1151 00:54:11,700 --> 00:54:13,940 THOSE TWO PARTS OF YOUR BONE GO AWAY AND COME BACK AT 1152 00:54:13,940 --> 00:54:14,940 DIFFERENT RATES. 1153 00:54:14,940 --> 00:54:16,859 WERE FINDING ASTRONAUTS WERE COMING HOME WITH LESS 1154 00:54:16,859 --> 00:54:17,950 DENSE BONES. 1155 00:54:17,950 --> 00:54:20,790 WE DEVELOPED MEDICATIONS THEY CAN TAKE. 1156 00:54:20,790 --> 00:54:23,560 BUT WE CHANGE OUR EXERCISES. 1157 00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:26,000 WE HAVE A MACHINE LIKE A BIG WEIGHT MACHINE AND YOU'VE 1158 00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,220 GOT TO LIFT HEAVY. 1159 00:54:28,220 --> 00:54:31,230 YOU ARE LIFTING HEAVY WEIGHTS, 600 POUNDS AND IS A 1160 00:54:31,230 --> 00:54:33,580 VACUUM TUBE BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY. 1161 00:54:33,580 --> 00:54:36,089 BUT YOU'VE GOT THIS WEIGHT PROTOCOL AND A RUNNING 1162 00:54:36,089 --> 00:54:37,089 PROTOCOL. 1163 00:54:37,089 --> 00:54:39,380 WE STARTED SPRINTING BECAUSE THEY FOUND THAT THE 1164 00:54:39,380 --> 00:54:44,380 STRENGTH HELPS YOUR BONES TO STAY MORE DENSE. 1165 00:54:44,380 --> 00:54:46,890 GUESS WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT THAT? 1166 00:54:46,890 --> 00:54:50,760 HALF OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION, WOMEN. 1167 00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:51,920 OSTEOPOROSIS. 1168 00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:53,089 YEAH. 1169 00:54:53,089 --> 00:54:55,410 SO THOSE -- THAT RESEARCH IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 1170 00:54:55,410 --> 00:54:58,630 I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THOSE THINGS ARE BEING FED ON THE 1171 00:54:58,630 --> 00:55:01,740 SURFACE TO HELP FOLKS ON THE PLANET DEAL WITH BONE 1172 00:55:01,740 --> 00:55:03,990 HEALTH. 1173 00:55:03,990 --> 00:55:04,990 LOTS OF GOOD THINGS. 1174 00:55:04,990 --> 00:55:06,970 AND THOSE WEBSITES THAT I PUT UP THERE, YOU CAN READ 1175 00:55:06,970 --> 00:55:10,970 ABOUT THAT YOU CAN SPEND IT READING. 1176 00:55:10,970 --> 00:55:12,730 GOOD QUESTION. 1177 00:55:12,730 --> 00:55:14,489 THANK YOU. 1178 00:55:14,489 --> 00:55:15,489 >> HI. 1179 00:55:15,489 --> 00:55:18,089 >> I. >> DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? 1180 00:55:18,089 --> 00:55:19,089 >> YES. 1181 00:55:19,089 --> 00:55:20,089 >> WHAT YOUR QUESTION? 1182 00:55:26,290 --> 00:55:23,839 >> HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE IN A ROCKETSHIP? 1183 00:55:26,290 --> 00:55:28,700 WELL I HAVEN'T BEEN IN A ROCKETSHIP I'VE BEEN IN A 1184 00:55:28,700 --> 00:55:29,980 SPACECRAFT. 1185 00:55:29,980 --> 00:55:35,549 IT'S UNREAL TO KNOW THAT SOMETHING YOU ARE AND IS GOING 1186 00:55:35,549 --> 00:55:36,549 TO GO INTO SPACE. 1187 00:55:36,549 --> 00:55:37,549 VERY UNREAL AND COOL. 1188 00:55:37,549 --> 00:55:38,549 GREAT QUESTION. 1189 00:55:38,549 --> 00:55:39,549 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. 1190 00:55:39,549 --> 00:55:40,549 OKAY. 1191 00:55:40,549 --> 00:55:41,549 I THINK THEY'RE GIVING ME THE SIGNAL THAT WE HAVE TO 1192 00:55:41,549 --> 00:55:42,549 WRAP IT UP. 1193 00:55:42,549 --> 00:55:44,130 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN COMING OUT AND ALLOWING ME 1194 00:55:44,130 --> 00:55:45,130 TO DO THIS.